@Mark I'm going to lobby for putting the user first. And, to do so we can possibly lift (and improve) a page from the "Fruit Sellers In Cupertino" (FSIC) on this one:
"Please type a name your computer." It's a simple question and gives the user a sense of being in control. (They are already typing their own name anyways. One more box isn't torture.) It also adds a touch of personality to their computer and fun to the whole experience of installing. IMHO this is a better approach than silently choosing a name on the user's behalf that they will be stuck with later, or forcing them into a "clean up task" after install. If naming one's computer something fun isn't seen as an appropriate install task, then providing an obvious GUI to change it from System: Preferences ought to be our compromise. Something like an "About this computer" app would do nicely. -- Maverick ubiquity lacks option to change computer name https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/628087 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
