On Sunday 02 March 2003 04:32 pm, Buchan Milne wrote:
> >
> > A short explanation about what it is on the install screen would be nice
> > though.
> >
> > "Enter a zeroconf hostname.  This will allow you to operate your computer
> > on a Multicast DNS environment without reconfiguring the network
> > interface."
>
> And this is supposed to make it easier to understand?
>
> Why do we need to enter this at all? IMHO, tmdns should take this from the
> system as it does by default!
>
> If we ask for zeroconf names, why not about:
> 1)Netbios name
> 2)Apache virtual host names?
>
> I really think this is ridiculous. Usability is making it easier for the
> user to make the right decision, and in most cases the right decision is
> to make the zeroconf hostname the host part of the FQDN. And this is the
> default operation of tmdns. This should only be accessible as an advanced
> feature.
>

Well said.  Is it too late to change it?

-- 
Greg

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