On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 03:05:35PM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >>For the next setup release, can we change "Download from Internet" to >>"Download from Internet Without Installing"? > >Agreed - how about "Download Only - Do Not Install", though? I think >that is a bit more attention grabbing, and "from Internet" is just a >bit redundant!
I thought the internet was redundant, too, but I thought if I didn't include the word "internet" someone would insist that it was needed. I think that "do not install" is misleading, though. It gives the impression that the files should not be installed. Isn't "Download Without Installing" adequate? >Also, whilst we are clarifying things, how about adding the text >"(downloaded files will be kept for future re-use)" >to the "Install from Internet" option. Commercial stub-installers often >don't bother to preserve the data they download for future reinstallation - >people are used to this, leading to then then needlessly splitting their >Cygwin setup operations into "Download", then "Install from Local", not >realizing that the "Install from Internet" would do what they want anyway. Yes, I think if we can add a few simple words to these pages (not so many as to cause people to go into TMI mode) it is a help. cgf
