Le 21/05/2018 à 23:46, Uwe Stöhr a écrit :
> As JMarc mentioned, he uses Windows all the time
Full disclosure: I would not say "all the time", but regularly.
JMarc knows how to act if e.g. MiKTeX 32 bit was installed as admin and
MiKTeX 64bit over it only with user privileges? This would be fine,
because I don't want to be the only one taking care of the installer.
This might be why we should try to "help" too much users and install
stuff on top of their stuff. Keep it Simple.
Aha. But because the 5 % expert users don't read announcements I should
bother 95 % of the users with a message they won't understand and when
they therefore make a false decision they end up with an unusable LyX?
Come on. These 'canonical' users are able to understand your own scary
dialog
Now the installer of the LaTeX-distribution MiKTeX will be launched.
To install the program press the Next-button in the installer windows
until the installation
begins.
!!! Please use all default options of the MiKTeX-installer !!!'
And they press Next as instructed until installation finished ! I do not
see why they would become confused by a much simpler message.
Seriously, I would not qualify the user experience of installing the
bundle installer as easy for novice and easily scared users. I am no
blaming you for that, writing installers is tough. But do not
overestimate the effect of a small dialog on top of what is already there.
What? Really? If this is your opinion, I am out. I never treated users
like this. I tried to respect users, I spent hours to help users because
I know how it is if you e.g. prepared you master's thesis and during the
fine-tuning for the layout you end up with a broken LyX. Then you panic.
Then you wonder why you rely on a LaTeX distribution that only install
packages when you need them. The TeXlive approach would have avoided that.
JMarc
