Frank Ludolph wrote: > Jack Schwartz wrote: >> Hi Sarah. >> >> On 07/31/09 10:33, Sarah Jelinek wrote: >>> Hi Jack, >>> >>> I am a little late to this party, but I do have a question/comment >>> which I believe have not been addressed in the current thread on this. >>> >>> -Use Case 2: >>>> At boot time, user is presented with the "main menu": >>>> 1. Run installer >>>> 2. Install missing drivers >>>> 3. Shell >>>> 4. Reboot >>>> >>> So, in call cases is the user going to be presented with the >>> 'install missing drivers' option? Or only if we have found drivers >>> are missing at boot time? I am asking because having this option >>> always there, implies to me anyway as a user, that I have missing >>> drivers I need to install. Is there any way around having this >>> option when there are not missing drivers? >> When I talked about this with Frank, we decided to have this menu >> look similar to the S10 install menu. >> >> I just booted S10 and see that it says "Apply driver updates", not >> "Install missing drivers". I'll update my document with this >> change. I think making this change will address your concerns about >> implying (and not so subtly :) ) that drivers are missing when they >> may not be. >> >> To answer your question, though, we could implement something to show >> the "Apply Driver Updates" menu selection conditionally. We could >> potentially implement the text-mode DDU with a silent mode like we >> are planning for the GUI-based DDU. This would scan devices like the >> DDU does today, but in the background. The text installer could use >> this information to determine whether or not to display the "Apply >> Driver Updates" menu item. Not sure if this will take away needed >> functionality though; if someone hot-plugged a PCI controller card >> while the system was up, a new device could potentially show up after >> the scan determined not to show "Apply Driver Updates". I suppose >> the user could just reboot... >> >> I think from a user-convenience standpoint, always showing the menu >> item, but having it say "Apply Driver Updates" is the best choice. >> What do you think? >> > The menu item might also be "Install additional drivers." Sarah was > correct that the text should be as clear as possible, but it doesn't > need to be finalized in this spec.
Actually, it was more about having to offer it all the time, as opposed to the specific wording of the item. I get Jack's concern about having a loss of functionality: "if someone hot-plugged a PCI controller card while the system was up, a new device could potentially show up after the scan determined not to show "Apply Driver Updates". I suppose the user could just reboot... " I don't want a loss of functionality. I am concerned about making this always an option as it could be confusing to users. I am ok with whatever Frank feels is the best user experience. I do have one question though.. why are we not doing something similar for the GUI, that is always having a menu option for this. What is the difference in expected user experience? thanks, sarah ***** > > Frank
