From owner-freebsd-qa Fri Feb 18 9:37:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (jobaldwi.campus.vt.edu [198.82.67.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0A8F37B9C4 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 09:37:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (john [10.0.0.2]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA24260; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:36:02 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200002181736.MAA24260@server.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <14509.29211.318657.618452@hip186.ch.intel.com> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:36:02 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: John Reynolds~ Subject: Re: feedback on CD install of 4.0-RC2 Cc: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- 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