Hi All,
Recently, it was suggested that the main welcome screen for the FreeDOS CD &
USB installer have its welcome screen warning message changed.
At present, this screen says the following on the Interim Monthly Test Build:
Welcome to the FreeDOS T2511 installation program.
FreeDOS is a complete operating system. If you choose to
install this on your computer, you may overwrite the operating
system you have now (for example, Windows.) If this is not what
you intend, please stop now.
Do you want to proceed?
Yes - Continue with the installation
No - Return to DOS
While most of the text on that screen is Black on White, the two mentions of
FreeDOS are Dark Blue on White. The default option on this page is to continue
with the install. All other pages which offer a “Return to DOS” have that as
the default option.
The suggestion was to make the “please stop now” portion of the text blink as
Red on White in an attempt to call more attention to the warning. The installer
and V8Power Tools is capable of doing blinking text. There are a couple
translations for this page which already contain some Red on White blinking
text. But, there is no blinking text in the English text.
During the most recent online meeting, we discussed this topic in depth. While
there were a couple attendees in favor of implementing Red Blinking text on
this screen, I think the majority did not like that idea. Personally, I am not
in favor of having this screen contain blinking text in the primary language.
Someone stated during the meeting: "There are some more recent video BIOSs and
virtual machines that will not blink text. Those machines only enable the
intensity bit."
However, some alternates were put forth during the meeting.
First, the default option on this page be changed to “return to DOS.” This is
a simple change and would be consistent with other pages that provide the
option to abort. I plan on finding a few minutes to adjust this before the next
interim test build.
As for the message portion, it may be permitted to display a portion of that
text as a different color (like Red on White) without blinking. We may also
want to reword the message to make the “danger” more prominent.
Your opinions and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
:-)
Jerome
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