On 09/16/09 01:21 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: > Neal Pollack wrote: >> On 09/16/09 01:04 PM, Rich Reynolds wrote: >> >>> Shawn Walker wrote: >>>> I believe he was just indicating that the *icon* shouldn't appear on >>>> the desktop; >> >> >> Why not? I thought there was so much positive discussion around >> providing a partition tool for OpenSolaris, especially one that could >> shrink existing NTFS laptops to make room, that we would want this >> very obvious/visible/discoverable. >> >> Yes, we could leave it burried in a menu somewhere, but for my >> 2 cent "ease of use, good first experience" marketing opinion, >> I'd put the icon on the desktop very visibly next to the install icon. > > The goal here is simplicity I believe. I think it's a reasonable > assertion that most users won't be re-partitioning their system once it > is installed. For those users that are interested in doing so, the tool > is available under the appropriate menu.
Yes, agreed. I agree with David Comay. It should be considered for the live cd desktop, *NOT* for the installed system desktop. Do we know if there is agreement and an R.E. to add the icon to the liveCD desktop? Cheers, Neal > > Lots of software is 'interesting' and I don't think its onerous to > require users to actually look at the menu to find software they are > interested in, as it isn't really practical to put an icon for every > interesting piece of software on the desktop. > > Cheers,
