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Cc: Adam Vandemore <amvandemore@gmail.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject: RE: Modern FreeBSD Installer?
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> IMHO numbers and letters look the same in the scary dark place, a TUI,
> or GUI.  Better device detection, faster, more packages, etc. would all
> be "better" and should be more of a priority than making a GUI

exactly. GUI don't need to have any priority, it's just don't needed AT 
ALL.

if fancy cool graphics is important - why using FreeBSD at all?

there are lot of other products both free and commercial that concentrates 
on it. not only installer - everything else too :)