zhongyuan sun - Sun Microsystems - Beijing China wrote: > ?2009?08?28??00:32?Frank Ludolph??? > >> Bill Yan wrote: >> >>> Frank Ludolph ???: >>> >>> >>>> zhongyuan sun - Sun Microsystems - Beijing China wrote: >>>> >>> Hi Frank, >>> >>> Currently the URL for the third party driver in the driver db usually >>> point to a webpage, not the actual package file. And in the URL there >>> may be several drivers for customer to download. For example, the >>> URL(http://homepage2.nifty.com/mrym3/taiyodo/eng/) contains many NIC >>> drivers. It's difficult for user to choose which driver to download if >>> user doesn't know the name of missing driver. So it's better to figure >>> out a way to provide the name of missing driver on GUI and not to >>> confuse the user at the same time. >>> >> Yes, as I understand it this is the "Info" link that is currently >> implemented in the DDU database. The user would follow it, choose a >> driver by scanning through the list for the device manufacturer and >> model, download the driver, use the Browse button to enter its file path >> into File/URL field (or type the path directly into the field), and >> click the install button. (Actually, in the example you gave I see that >> most of the drivers are in source form, so the user would have to >> download the source and compile it. It would be great if someone would >> compile these and put them in the /contrib repository - I'm not >> suggesting that the DDU team do that ;-) >> >> I'm not sure what you are proposing. Do you want to replace "Info" with >> the name of the driver if it is known? I think that would be okay. >> >> > Yes, I think it would be better to replace "Info" keyword with the name > of the driver if it is known. > This will give user more information directly on the main window. > Perhaps I wasn't clear about the what is shown before the driver installation and what is shown after.
Before the driver is installed I think "Info" is better because the linked page may describe and/or provide download links to many drivers. I'm not certain how DDU would even know which driver name to display. After the driver is installed only the driver name should be displayed. The DDU catalog data such as the info link should be hidden. I think the driver name should be shown only after it has been installed. That is how the user knows the driver has been installed. Perhaps this new DDU GUI should highlight all devices that are missing drivers with light red, as is currently done in the normal DDU GUI? As the drivers are installed the light red highlighting would disappear. Frank
