On Thursday 27 November 2008 00:07, Zero3 wrote: > Matthew Toseland skrev: > >>>> I do understand that whether the default should be on or off is a tough > >>>> decision, but shouldn't we at least warn the user about it, and provide > >>>> an easy way to disable it (if enabled by default)? > >>>> > >>> Huh. > >>> > >>> On windows we use services which is the standard way of interfacing with > >>> the OS... and on *nix we provide a start/stop script which is compatible > >>> with init's format. What exactly isn't "easy" here? > >>> > >> I'm quite sure the average Windows user doesn't know how to disable a > >> system service (after he manages to figure out that Freenet has > >> installed itself as a system service...) . The average geekiness among > >> Windows users is much lower than among Linux users, mind you. Obviously, > >> I cannot provide any raw numbers as you probably would prefer, so I > >> guess we won't be getting any further on this matter either. > >> > > > > What do you suggest then? We already have too many config options even on the > > simple page ... and having a big red button and a sign that says "DO NOT PUSH > > THIS BUTTON" is getting really lame... > > > > Best compromise (IMHO) between extreme user friendliness and network > support would be to always enable the autorun, but include a small note > in the installer about it (after installation, Freenet will > automatically run in the background of your computer as a system service > and use some of your system resources in order to be a part of the > Freenet network, bla bla bla - and a link to the website faq about how > to disable the system service if the user wants to). That way, we kindly > inform the user about the fact that we install a hidden service eating > resources. When we get the tray icon, we can probably remove such notice.
Yet another warning. :| > > Or we can just not care, of course... :) That may be the better option in the short term. When we have a tray icon it may make sense to run the node as the installing user. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 827 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20081127/663050e7/attachment.pgp>
