Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:36:02 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com> Cc: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: feedback on CD install of 4.0-RC2 Message-ID: <200002181736.MAA24260@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <14509.29211.318657.618452@hip186.ch.intel.com>
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On 18-Feb-00 John Reynolds~ wrote: > > [ On Friday, February 18, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: ] >> >> Novice is ok, it's the other two that are problematic. Well, >> particularly "custom". "Custom" does not scare away anyone, and is >> actually actractive to Windows users. It should be called "death trap" >> or something like that... >> > > OK. I recant my previous attempt. How about: > > x x 2 Standard Begin a standard installation (for 1st-time users) x x > x x 3 Quick Begin a quick installation (for the impatient) x x > x x 4 Expert Begin a custom installation (for experts only) x x > > does this convey the proper "if you've never done this before, use standard" > and "if you choose ``expert'' you'd better RTFM and know what you're doing" > messages? I think this is good. While custom has the right meaning, it has extra baggage now due to Windows, and we don't want experienced Windows users who are Unix newbies thinking they can use custom and still be hand-held just like in Windows. > Back to our regularly scheduled hack, > > -Jr -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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