On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 11:58:57PM +0200, Patrick Donker wrote: > Carl Fink wrote: > > >On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 02:29:50PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > >>Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > >>>The only real difference from the older boot-floppies is > >>>autodetection of hardware, which almost works some of the time. > >> > >>That's not true. debian-installer will also allow for more than just > >>the ncurses interface for the but-it-doesn't-have-a-GUI lusers, among > >>other things ... > > > > > ><geek snobbery> > >Advantages, Paul. Not decorations. > ></snobbery> > > While you're at, could somebody explain to me why it is concidered to be > lame asking for a gui installer? I have never quite understood why it is > 3l1te to keep on using a commandline/ascii installer. It is just what > the general public is expecting these days. So, if you want to make your > product mainstream, what I suspect is what the Debian developers would > like it to be, then trying to avoid a graphical installer isnt very much > a very todays point of view. For me it doesnt matter much. If a clear > text based installer is used, it is fine with me. I prefer a good ascii > installer over a poorly designed gui >
First design a good txt based installer (Takes less work on the encapsulation). If it is properly designed (and the claim is that it is) then it should be easy to slap a gui on top of it afterwords. > -Patrick > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]