https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1812
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-02-19 14:31 ------- Some good points -- my comments about US International layout would be covered by this. I appreciate minimalism, and I think the RC1 installer is the best that I've seen so far. I don't see this as a quick-fix issue, but it is something that I find troublesome. Red Hat and SUSE both give an option to confirm early in the process -- which is especially important when typing in long URLs during a network install. I still think that making a button available to change keyboard layouts on pages that require typing would be a good idea. This would avoid too many dialogs, but still give a choice. Perhaps some sort of icon next to text fields that would summon a keyboard choice? Perhaps changing "language selection" to "region selection", and including an option for diffrent keyboards? (There's already a list of alternate languages; a "choose an alternate keyboard" button wouldn't be out of context). Just some more input. In general, I definitely think that the installer is on the right track. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: UNCONFIRMED creation_date: description: 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.
