Hi William, Sarah Jelinek wrote: > Hi William, > > >> Overall I liked the experience. I'm glad the Installer team is making >> their work available for preview. My comments are: >> >> * For the disk selection screen - if disks are too small or >> otherwise unsuitable they should be unselectable and visually >> distinguish them (grey them out or some equivalent). If the user >> hovers over the disk have it show why it isn't suitable. > > > Actually, this is the plan. We will show all targets, but gray out > those that are not eligible. And, give reasons why they are not > eligible, like too small. This is not quite correct. All disk targets will be selectable. When a disk is selected, warning/error information is displayed below it. The rollover is used to show additional information about the disk so displaying warnings and errors in a popup conflicts with that use.
In general, many users have difficulty with disabled items - they don't know why an item is disabled or how to enable it - so the Caiman UI design doesn't disable items. Caiman allows the user to click the item to get more information directly rather than forcing them to figure out why the item can't be clicked. > >> Will a graphical representation of disk partitioning be available in >> the future? > > Not sure what you are asking for here. Are you asking to see a picture > of what the disk looks like in terms of its partitioning? A graphical representation of the partitioning was part of the original design, but given partitioning limitations in Dwarf (no support for non-destructive resizing or split partitions), the partitions are displayed in sequential layout order - the graphical presentation doesn't add significant information and takes up valuable screen space. If and when more powerful partition support is provided, we'll consider adding a graphical representation. Thanks for the comments, Frank > >
