Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 03:27:53 -0700 (PDT) From: "/dev/null" <null@dnswatch.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: cleanup-boot.messages+overhaul-install Message-ID: <3121.216.177.243.38.1114856874.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com>
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Greetings All, Now that I have your attention. ;) There seems to be some "clean-up" work that could be done in the boot messaging area. I would like to apply for the job. I've made some mention of thoughts I had on it in other messages. So I'll reiterate them here. I think the ASCII spray could be unified somewhat and that an additional "knob" could be added that would effectively act as a Volume knob. Technically, it would be a 3 position switch/ knob with: OFF/ NORMAL/ LOUD. It could probably accommodate additional fine tuning, like subsettings. But initially, the 3 shouldn't freak too many ppl out. ;) Also, upon completion of that. I would like to tackle the installer. Yes, I know about bsdinstaller. But they don't seem to have, or going to get very deep, very soon. What I propose is replace ncurses with large beautiful PNG images. Because, as everyone knows, if it's eye-candy, ppl will install it. HAH! I bet that got the hair on the back of your neck to stand straight out. ;) Seriously, having become so accustomed to it the way it is. I wouldn't want to change a thing. BUT. For those of you who remember your first installation. You'll probably remember that the intuitive factor was !> -1. Really, for the not-so-technically-inclined the installer would seem an impossible hurdle. For those who are more familliar, I think you'll agree that there is certainly room for improvement(s). For example, if a message is shot to the installer con it destroys it. The equivilant of a "refresh button" might be nice. Also, making the whole process more intuitive for the "novice" user is needed with some "help/ information blurbs". Another thing I *really* hate, is not knowing that installing this Word Proccessor will start this chain that ultimately installs an additional 750MB of Gnome $#it that I have absolutely no use for, and additionally installs another 350MB of Multimedia and related Sound servers, daemons on my system, when there isn't even a PC speaker hooked up to the thing. SO, I'd really like to figure out a better way to handle ports - both through Sysinstall and *hopefully* through ports as well. O.K. I've probably said enough for the time being. In closing I'd really like to do this and would appreciate knowing if there are any objections to my taking these things on. If there are no objections, I'd appreciate a little "hand holding" at first so I can become familiar with the process(s) of doing things around here. Thanks for listening, Chris //////////////////////////////////////////////////// If only Western Electric had found a way to offer binary licenses for the UNIX system back in 1974, the UNIX system would be running on all PC's today rather than DOS/Windows. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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