* Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> [2008-06-02 14:15:02]:
> Okay, what issues do we have here? > > 1. The processes page takes longer than the copying files page. In fact, most > of the time of the installer is occupied by the processes page. > > IMHO the solution to this is to bundle everything which is essential with the > base installer. Then the processes page will take much less time. Also we > won't need a separate bundle-installer, so it will be easier to use in places > where the Freenet website is blocked. The downside is the installer will be > significantly bigger. > I'm not convinced about that > 2. The installer shouldn't download Thingamablog and Thaw. They are huge, we > have not audited the code, and users can get them if they want them. > Debundling them would mean that as soon as we open the browser the Processes > page will have completed, and the user can click Next and go on to creating > icons. There seems to be a consensus on debundling, at least between Ian and > Nextgens. :) I think a policy of not bundling anything we can't code review > is reasonable, and clearly code reviewing Thingamablog for example would be a > massive undertaking and isn't appropriate at this time. I do think we should > keep the current plugins, however most of them are small. Even if we include > the WoT plugin, that is also likely to be reasonably small for the > foreseeable future. > Ok, let's get rid of them then > 3. Is it possible to change the names of the two panels? Copying Files vs > Setting Up Freenet, perhaps? > We could get rid of one of the panel before the processing one > 4. Is it possible to open the browser after closing the installer rather than > in the Processes page? > Not "cleanly" but we could do a workaround time-delaying the browser startup. > 5. Icons: We need proper icons for our various shortcuts. On unix the > situation is worse: We have no icons. On Windows, Browse Freenet has the > bunny icon and the rest don't have anything. Well provide me icons and maybe I'll consider using them :p -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20080602/0aaa4b25/attachment.pgp>
