Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 16:22:20 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: re@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sysinstall non-USB mouse dialog confusing Message-ID: <20030511232220.GA66670@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20030511151529.K13689@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: <20030511151529.K13689@znfgre.qbhto.arg>
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On Sun, May 11, 2003 at 03:22:00PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> Since I think the pendulum has swung over towards USB mice being the
> majority, I think a better flow for this would be something like:
I don't argue that the double negative is confusing.
revision 1.314
date: 2001-12-10 22:12:23; author: jhb; state: Exp; lines: +1 -1
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user has a USB mouse, we don't need to do anything. Hence the wording
"Do you have a non-USB mouse installed?" for the question. The question
can be reworded as "Do you have a PS/2 or Serial mouse installed?" instead
if that is preferred.
We should reword the question as above.
I don't think you can claim any pendulum shifting yet. Looking around my
home office and a large 200 person area at work; USB mice are still an
order of magnitude less prevalent (except with laptops). I don't think
you can use such an argument for swaying things that way.
> Enable USB support for mice, and other USB devices? [Yes] No
> Enable support for a PS/2 (non-USB) mouse? Yes [No]
The defaults should be "No" for both. The pre-USB mouse default of "no"
was most likely with servers in mind. I don't see any more servers
having USB mice than had PS/2 mice.
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