31 Jan
2021
31 Jan
'21
1 a.m.
On Jan 30, 2021, at 3:37 PM, Jon Steinhart <jon(a)fourwinds.com> wrote:
Larry McVoy writes:
I vastly prefer FreeBSD over Linux but Larry has a point. Presenting *any*
configuration choice to a newbie can be confusing as they often lack the
knowledge to make an "informed choice". I do think your idea of a single
screen config is great, but with defaults chosen! The installer should
proceed after a time if the user doesn't change anything. Perhaps this can
be a useful GSOC project?
But we should bring this back to design principles! Ease of use should
certainly be one of them.
It's 20 years past the time for that
re-evaluation. Seriously, Linux
distros have been installing in X for at least 20 years, I think maybe
more. If they can do it....
That doesn't mean that it's great. It's only easy to use once one learns
the quirks, like it appearing to hang with no feedback when you hit buttons,
and the way one has to click "done" when you're not actually done. The
number of options is so small that I think that it would be better to just
have the whole configuration on a single screen so that newbies wouldn't
have to wonder where things were done and whether or not they'd be able to
"go back" without trying it.