Automated systems have mysterious failure modes. For example, past versions of the manual instructions failed, but at least this way the users were engaged and could examine the steps and find failure points.
Another variation that fails when automated is the partially connected machine. Here, starting jgtk does not mean that anything can be updated automatically. -- Raul On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Devon McCormick <devon...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree that the black screen with instructions may deter some people. > I've wondered before why the install procedure doesn't just run the > commands instead of asking the user to do it. > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:28 AM, David Mitchell <davidmitch...@att.net > >wrote: > > > Personally, I would prefer a fully automated install. > > > > I can see some justification for a continue or cancel prompt before > > performing > > the install, or perhaps just a notice that first time use is running the > > required install steps. > > > > One reason for the notice or prompt would be to allow folks with strict > > firewalls to set up access for curl or wget. > > > > On 11/30/2011 9:44, bill lam wrote: > > > At present, it shows a black screen with instruction of how to install > > > gtkide, however this requires a user to think. This is quite > > un-exptected > > > to some users especially for those who have never used dos program > > befoer. > > > Alternatively it may run those instruction automatically. Should we > > change > > > the installation mehtod? Comments welcome. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > -- > Devon McCormick, CFA > ^me^ at acm. > org is my > preferred e-mail > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
