Neal Pollack wrote: > 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. >
That has been the plan all along. > Do we know if there is agreement and an R.E. to add the icon > to the liveCD desktop? > Agreement, yes. Engineer, no, but it's a trivial change in the live CD package. Dave
