Goodday, having doubs about the look of the installer at the moment and the effect of it on Joe Average, I went into my own brain and thought what should be changed. I promised AJ some mockups and the first two screens can be reviewed and commented.
I still need a set of logo's I can use so there is in those 2 screens a lot of room at the top. Don't worry, that will be filled :-D It has to be a bit mure spicy but I think the idea is okey. Check out she screens from default and advanced. I guess changing the background can make a lot of difference in how boring (or not) it looks. Some points: - do not show options that are not used by the mainstream (80%) and the user should not know of. (Acpi, apic and safe mode (I guess)) - do show the option the user should know (memory check could be discussed, openSUSE repair have to be shown so people will try if openSUSE goes down) - If Memory Check is transfered to Advanced then Repair can be directly under the first 2 options. - do not say openSUSE 10.3 every time, people know what version they are installing. - Do say Repair openSUSE 10.3(!) cause fixing 10.2 of 10.4 with it can make te troubles worse and is not recommend. - Add some simple text, so user won't feel like they are diving into the deep alone. For some reason they can do a lot of stuff themselfs while they refuse to do so if there is no text at all (the info that is now in the info column is an intresting point to intergrate in next mockups :-) ) - Info button has to be added, forgot that one. ps. SUSE green is a professional looking color in an install. Changing the background to blue makes it a playground-look. Weird color-psychologica. Background probably have to be replaced anyway so I don't worry about that at this moment. Please give your comments and remember that not everybody knows what APIC, ACPI and so on is. Think like you're grandmother and it will be a good point of view. I know it is going far cause she probably never saw an installationscreen in her live, but most new openSUSE-users will not use their brains either cause Linux is 'different' (change IE icons for Firefox icon and see what happens with you're mum/wife ot whoever) At this moment it is not about colors but about text-design http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9178/installationbootscreendefaultev5.jpg http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9601/installationbootscreenadvancedsy2.jpg Azerion --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
