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Subject: sysinstall in 3.2-19991215-STABLE...
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 15:07:23 -0500
From: "Brian J. McGovern" <mcgovern@spoon.beta.com>
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I'm looking for a nice way to word this, but the sysinstall included in today's
image (which I believe is from 4.0), is kaka. After one pass, I have the
following complaints:


	- Sig 11 was generated while selecting Linux emulation after already
	having installed it as a package. I don't know if its one affecting
	the other, or whether picking the Linux emulator off the Startup menu
	will always cause a sig 11 (I'll do more testing tonight).

	- Use of Return and Space bar appears inconsistent and 
	counter-intuituive.In the "old" version, space would select, or move
	you down a level, ENTER would exit and move up a level. The new method
	is a nightmare mix.

	- Linux_glide (the package) still generates an error message. This
	screws up the underlying (Post Configuration) menu screen. This
	causes problems after the packages are installed, as the menu is now
	difficult to use.

	- As an aside to the above, the package-install screen goes back to
	the post-install screen when you select "INSTALL". Messages about
	package installs are now tiled OVER the post configuration window (used
	to be a blank screen).

	- Menus do not consistently have an "EXIT" option to move upwards. This
	helps the confusion about whether to use the space bar, or the ENTER
	key. It also brings up user concern as to what will happen if they
	hit either (select it? Or exit?)

	- Highlighting of first character in menus is inconsistent. This makes
	a number of menus look ugly (this is cosmetic).

Thats it for now. I'll shoot up comments as I get some more time on it.

	-Brian


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