For those interested, Jono wrote a piece: http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/03/28/balancing-freedom-and- functionality-a-design-challenge/
The post itself includes a highlighted screenshot of the installer screen in question: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/5568269623_e74672f3f5_z.jpg The most intriguing suggestion mentioned on that blog is a (very beautiful) mockup, showing a slider from "free" to "non-free": All free software → proprietary drivers ↔ MP3 ↔ DVD ↔ Flash ← All non-free software http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/3886/captureqc.png This would make the choice less binary; and allow the installer to call-out at edge level what the impact on the user-experience would be. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/723831 Title: Installer – The option to 'install third-party software' when installing Ubuntu should be selected by default (aka "make Youtube work") -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
