Yes -- I like that idea as well. It addresses the general GUI principle "don't offer something that isn't available" (also known as "Want this? Can't have it.") :-)
If the circle with a line through it is still not enough info, we could alternately overlay a yellow warning triangle and some text "too small for installation", or "not enough space", etc...that would both make it not selectable, and make it clear why it wasn't available for selection (before it was clicked on). Mike Shawn Walker wrote: > On 06/04/07, William D. Hathaway <william.hathaway at versatile.com> wrote: >> If disks that are too small (or otherwise invalid choices) can't be >> "unselectable" can the icons for them be different at least (like a >> hard disk image behind a "circle with a line through it") than the >> legal disks? If I have 10 disks, but 9 are too small to install on, >> it seems tedious to make the user select all 10 one by one before >> finding the disk that it is legal to install on. >> > > The different icon seems like a great compromise, that way people can > still select the disk in question to find out specifically why it > can't be used. > >> I'm not sure what ordering the disks are displayed in, but I'd also >> recommend making the first usable disk be in the position that users >> would be most likely select (the disk on the far left or top depending >> on how the layout goes). >> > > That also seems helpful. >
