Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:23:27 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: Holger Kipp <hk@alogis.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, jan6146@gmail.com, Curtis Penner <curtis.penner2@gmail.com>, Antoine BRUNEL <antoinebrunel@yahoo.fr> Subject: Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years Message-ID: <486CEEEF.8030808@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20080703085629.GA1590@intserv.int1.b.intern> References: <784966050807021123l267aa20en39eb513c12c90ad2@mail.gmail.com> <486BFE3B.3040509@gmail.com> <486C0928.8050607@yahoo.fr> <20080703085629.GA1590@intserv.int1.b.intern>
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Holger Kipp wrote: > > I completely 100% agree. Actually I don't see the need for a new > sysinstall. It does what it needs to do. I have seen the later > RH- and SUSE-Installer, but I don't want them. What's the use of > a graphical installer? One big problem with the current installer: The current keyboard interaction is quite mystifying to new users. I taught a FreeBSD class for a while where I watched every single person stumble just trying to figure out how to select choices in the installer menus. I don't think a graphical installer is necessarily the answer to this. Simply obeying long-established conventions for keyboard usage (ENTER selects the thing under the cursor, for instance, instead of having to TAB to the "OK" button first) would go a long ways. Tim
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