Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:16:09 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years Message-ID: <486D2579.1080400@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <486CEEEF.8030808@freebsd.org> References: <784966050807021123l267aa20en39eb513c12c90ad2@mail.gmail.com> <486BFE3B.3040509@gmail.com> <486C0928.8050607@yahoo.fr> <20080703085629.GA1590@intserv.int1.b.intern> <486CEEEF.8030808@freebsd.org>
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Tim Kientzle wrote:
> I don't think a graphical installer is necessarily
> the answer to this. Simply obeying long-established
> conventions for keyboard usage (ENTER selects the
> thing under the cursor, for instance, instead of
> having to TAB to the "OK" button first) would go
> a long ways.
The version of dialog we have in the system is prehistoric. The newer
version is a lot better in the POLA department, and $SOMEONE was
working on an update, but I don't know what happened to that effort.
Doug
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