Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 18:13:15 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysinstall non-USB mouse dialog confusing Message-ID: <20030512011315.GA67666@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <3EBEEC09.60505@btc.adaptec.com> References: <20030511151529.K13689@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <20030511232220.GA66670@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030511162527.B13689@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <3EBEEC09.60505@btc.adaptec.com>
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On Sun, May 11, 2003 at 06:34:17PM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > >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. ... > 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. I think DoubB is correct -- we should have a more generic "Do you have any USB devices" question. I still think the mouse question should specifically state "PS/2 or serial mouse" -- that is really what is being processed there.
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