On Thu, 25 May 2000, John Cavan wrote:
> Well now that input has been requested about improvements/additions...
>
> The graphical installer is nice and all, but it has a very irritating
> tendency to have treeviews disappear when expanded or collapsed,
> requiring some scrolling to bring it visible again. Fixing this would be
> a huge blessing for installation. And don't get me started on the colour
> scheme... ;o)
I noticed this with 7.0 on several machines, but havn't experienced it on
7.1beta1 and higher...do you notice the same "disappearing" thing with 7.1
betas also?
I agree, the color changing could be made more obvious...those little
buttons on the lower left aren't marked =)
> This will probably cause a flame war, but it may be better to take a
> slightly different approach to the package selection, more similar to
> the way Windows does it. Bear in mind that the Windows style does two
> things:
>
> 1. Reduces clutter
> 2. Provides a "comfortable look" to people migrating to Linux
I agree here too....what if the installation was setup with a 'gmc' type
interface...people could select icons or text, and windows users would
have a familiar "tree on the left, pictures on the right" interface by
default.
-dwild
