http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1812





------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  2003-03-10 01:49 -------
Sorry but you installation menu is not really logical: First select the
language, than <advanced> where you choose an other language, not because you
need it but because you use a keyboard in relation with that language, Type
<next>, accept the license agreement, it is normal, <next> you select the mouse,
<next> you choose between install or upgrade, AND THERE (miracle) A PREVIOUS
BUTTON appears, so <previous> and you can choose your keyboard. etc ...

If you find this logical, I don't want to see you first computer science teatcher.
A logical approach would be: select the language, present the license agreement
and the go directly to a control panel like your summary with pre-selected
choices and the opportunity to change what you want.


For the rest, MDK is still a great distribution.



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This has always bugged me a bit with the install process (in previous versions, 
too). I use Linux in English, but on a French laptop. Unless I (as an 
uninitiated user) know beforehand that I need to also choose French (or, in 
fact, any second language), I can't choose a French keyboard during the install 
process.

Since the installer allows *any* keyboard layout to be chosen, as long as more 
than one language was picked (very nice option!), why not have a keyboard 
selection as a part of all installs? At the very least, it would serve to 
confirm a user's configuration and allow them a chance to tweak if needed.

For example, "US keyboard (international)" is a very useful choice -- but it 
isn't language dependant. Yet unless I've already chosen another language, I 
don't have that choice during the install.

Always having a keyboard layout confirmation step as a part of the localization 
process seems natural. And placing it before the "License" step would further 
bind it with the language selection.

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