I know it’s too early to talk about these issues. But I’m afraid that I’ll forget about them, and we’ll make the same mistakes as everyone else.
I haven’t seen an installer that isn’t organized in a step-by-step fashion. A user is forced to press the “Next” button every 5 minutes or so. It’s impossible to do anything else because that will increase the installation time. So the user has to sit in front of the computer for 40 minutes and wait for the button to become active. I assume that installers are written in such a way because it’s easier for developers. Let’s not repeat this mistake when we write our own. Instead, I propose to get the needed information beforehand (on the first screen). Then it’d be only necessary to press “Install.” A user could check the progress bar and be free to do something else. Finally, I also suggest to reduce the number of questions. There are installers that allow to choose between a basic mode and an advanced mode. But even in the basic mode a user has to deal with partitioning. I assume that doesn’t look basic to many people.
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