Should probably get these into the bugtracker.


On 5/30/08, Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> wrote:
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> Subject: [freenet-support] Usability testing on Windows XP
> Date: Thursday 29 May 2008 15:52
> From: Julien Cornuwel <batosai at batosai.net>
> To: support at freenetproject.org
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> Hi,
>
>
> Just had the occasion to follow a beginner through the installation
> process via Java Webstart, on Windows XP. Here is what I noticed :
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> - The installer is now signed with a Thawte certificate, which is
> accepted by default. That's good !
> - The two phase install confused the user. He thought the install was
> finished after the first one and didn't understood the programm was
> actually downloading freenet in the second one.
> - He was again confused when the browser spawned up saying "Installation
> successfull" and the installer was still donwloading stuff.
> Additionnaly, that page was in English despite the fact he chose French
> in the installer. I had to tell him he had to finish the installer and
> then, click on the link to the first-time wizard.
> - The wizard was quite straightforward and he choose default values,
> which happened to be good for him, IMHO.
> - Just a detail : every shortcuts (except Browse Freenet) in the menu
> came with the same default icon. He was disapointed and I had to tell
> him it was irrelevant and everything was fine.
>
> Maybe we should only spawn the browser at the very end of the
> installation process, when the installer closes and Freenet is up and
> running. And maybe we should open directly to the wizard page, which is
> i18n-ed.
>
>
> Hope this is usefull...
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