From owner-freebsd-qa Fri Feb 18 18:11: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from nt-exchange.ifas.ufl.edu (nt-exchange.ifas.ufl.edu [128.227.242.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A37D337BAF3 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 18:11:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bobj@atlantic.net) Received: from bsd.cisi.com (ocalflifanb-as-1-r1-ip-665.atlantic.net [209.208.16.221]) by nt-exchange.ifas.ufl.edu with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id 14SGTLQS; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 21:08:39 -0500 Received: from nancy.cisi.com (nancy.cisi.com [192.168.0.131]) by bsd.cisi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA21376 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 21:07:36 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bobj@atlantic.net) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000218210725.0097e480@rio.atlantic.net> X-Sender: bobj@rio.atlantic.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 21:07:25 -0500 To: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG From: Bob Johnson Subject: Re: feedback on CD install of 4.0-RC2 In-Reply-To: <200002181736.MAA24260@server.baldwin.cx> References: <14509.29211.318657.618452@hip186.ch.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 12:36 PM 02/18/2000 -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > >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. I think that to Windows users, there will still be the assumption that "Standard" means "you don't get to choose what's best for you". I like the previous suggestion that it be called "Guided", i.e. "Begin a guided installation (for most users)". -- Bob +-------------------------------------------------------- | Bob Johnson | bobj@cisi.com +-------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message