On 13 May 2009, at 21:56, Karen Tung wrote: > I agree that the text installer's anticipated user base should be > considered. So, let's talk about that. > From what I can see, users that can benefit from using the text > installer are: > > - all sparc users, since AI is the only way to install SPARC > machine at this time. > - All x86 users who can not use the GUI installer now, because their > machine doesn't have enough > memory to run GNOME, or because their machine can't use the window > system..etc..
Users who require accessibility support may also find it more efficient to use a text installer, although of course they can (or should be able to) use the graphical installer as well. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:calum.benson at sun.com OpenSolaris Desktop Team http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems
