Canonical has just announced that they are creating a new Ubuntu team to help out with the Ubuntu website. For two reasons, I applaud this decision.

First, and most obviously, this brings a strong potential for a really cool website. The announcement says that some of the things that might be improved by the team include countdown banners, the start page, and, of course, elements of the main website. This means that, for example, when Intrepid Ibex ships, and a new user starts Firefox for the first time, the home page he or she sees will be less of a generic page and more of a cool and useful launch page for learning about Ubuntu, getting involved in Ubuntu, or for surfing the web.

The second, and less obvious reason, that I applaud the forming the new team is that it gives more control to the community. This really emphasizes Canonical and the community as partners, rather than one just helping out the other.

So for these two reasons, I am really glad to see the forming of this new team and I look forward to seeing the results.