:~>> 3) What about the three checkboxes?
:~>
:~>Any particular reason for these 3 specific types of software? Did they cause
:~>more discussion/trouble?
These three are just a proposal. I thought that even complete newbie must
have some particular whishes which we should let him express, no matter
how simple this particular install class may be.
1) "Games" popped up as one example in my mind. because it is a huge group
of packages especially if you have Power Pack, and not everyone really
wants them, but those who do really do. .-)
2) Server: because we do not want to include these on default (dangerous),
yet I could imagine that having a quick&dirty way of installing a server
may be fine for some people: move the slider to "minimal install", click
on "server apps", let go. Configure server apps in post-install and voila,
a new server!
3) Disabled: This is new. I was asked by a blind guy if we could include
some programs for blind and for people who have problems with hands. This
chategory does not exist yet, but if we introduce it, it will do several
"inteligent" things at once:
1) change the way programs are choosen. Obvious things to do would be
lowering priority of all the fancy grafical stuff and highering the
priority of easy to use programs. Probably also highering the priority of
"sound" with respect to "view", too.
2) install additional programs which are ONLY usefull to blind people,
like progs which can do something with braile terminals.
Obviously, if a blind man has to do install by himself, you want to keep
things as simple as possible for him, right(*)? I mean, you do not want to
hide this option somewhere in the middle of expert install. So, add a
checkbutton to "Authomatic" install and be done with it.
I repeat - at the moment, this option exists only in my head, but our
general opinion here is "well, if we can help them withouth having to
change too much, why not?"
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If anyone can think of other checkbuttons which would be better than
these, no problem, but keep in mind:
- Only a few buttons
- Simple terms so that everyone can understand them
- default is "no"
- Should be something what is REALLY important to one class of people,
while considered complete junk by others.
- things like "software for tv cards" are going to be installed
authomatically if we can recognise the card - no checkboxes needed.
cu
Denis
(*) Blind people are not stupid, but they cannot see, and the install IS
visually oriented. I suppose they do not apreciate things like trees,
pop-up menues and color-coding at all. Things like "click here" (ooops,
where is here?), "upper left side", "red button" and all other
visually-oriented stuff do not make any sense if you are blind (unless
you have a braille terminal, in which case left-right etc. do make sense.)
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