Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 18:34:17 -0600 From: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: Doug Barton <DougB@freebsd.org> Cc: re@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysinstall non-USB mouse dialog confusing Message-ID: <3EBEEC09.60505@btc.adaptec.com> In-Reply-To: <20030511162527.B13689@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: <20030511151529.K13689@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <20030511232220.GA66670@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030511162527.B13689@znfgre.qbhto.arg>
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Doug Barton wrote: > On Sun, 11 May 2003, David O'Brien wrote: > > >>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. > > > Cool, we agree on that much. :) > > >>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. > > > Well, I would disagree that USB mice aren't much more common nowadays, but > the other line of reasoning that I neglected to make explicity in my post > is that OTHER usb devices are becoming much more common as well, and there > is not currently an "enable usb support" dialog in sysinstall other than > the very confusing one for mice. Therefore, I think the more generalized > wording below is more suitable. > FWIW, the latest set of Intel server motherboards have no ps/2 connectors at all. There is definitely an effort underway to swing the pendulum. > >>>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. > > > I don't think sysinstall is generally used for most server installations, > however I'm willing to compromise on the defaults if others think the same > way. > > Doug > How about a compromise? Change "Do you have a non-USB mouse attached" to "Do you have a USB mouse attached". Leaving the default answer to 'no' means that users that don't read well get dumped into the moused dialog, which is probably ok. Dunno. Scotthome | help
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