Re: [Cooker] RFC DrakX package selection tree
Since, AFAICT, dependencies are always installed, and the only difference the button makes is whether or not they are shown as selected in the package selection list, how about: "Show automatically-selected packages" I like it
RE: [Cooker] RFC DrakX package selection tree
How about: "Silently select dependencies." ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 6:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cooker] RFC DrakX package selection tree the checkbox "Automatic dependencies" seems badly understood. Any better words? "Silent dependencies", "No dependencies warnings"??? thanks, cu Pixel.
Re: [Cooker] RFC DrakX package selection tree
Does it only select, or does it also download and/or install? If so, (and without having tried the program), I'd like words that convey the full range of activity. (More like "automatically install other required programs", or "get and install requirements"). If the next step is to download and install, and the next step requires another operator action (another button or selection), then "... select ..." might be sufficient for this step. "Silently select ..." just isn't a phrase likely to be used or understood in this context by the majority of americans. (Or "church secretaries", as the Abiword team like to use as a standard user. But, maybe church secretaries never install programs??) If "... select ..." is sufficient for this step (based on first paragraph comments), how about "Automatically select other required programs". Another question -- is there a "tooltip" (so that we can use a cryptic word on the button with a longer explanation available)? Then how about: "Requirements" with "Automatically select other required programs" as the "tooltip". (Or "install" (or "download") in place of select if more appropriate, and "software" in place of "programs", if preferred.) Hope this helps, Randy Kramer PS: I see nothing wrong with spending some bandwidth on this, and identifying many possibilities (brainstorming) -- with many possibilities one (you) can make a better decision. Good luck -- I'll try not to write again on this particular subject. (And, sorry for sticking my nose in if I am very much off the mark.) Aaron Cohen wrote: How about: "Silently select dependencies." ? the checkbox "Automatic dependencies" seems badly understood. Any better words? "Silent dependencies", "No dependencies warnings"???
Re: [Cooker] RFC DrakX package selection tree
How about "Automatically install necessary support packages (recommended)" Aaron Cohen wrote: How about: "Silently select dependencies." ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 6:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cooker] RFC DrakX package selection tree the checkbox "Automatic dependencies" seems badly understood. Any better words? "Silent dependencies", "No dependencies warnings"??? thanks, cu Pixel. -- John Allen, Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Orbiscom Ltd,Web:http://www.orbiscom.com/ 3 Sandyford Park,Direct: +353-1-2178610 Sandyford Industrial Estate, Office: +353-86-2315986 Dublin 18. Fax:+353-1-2945119 ** The information contained in this message is confidential and is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you have received this message in error or there are any problems please notify the originator immediately. The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is strictly forbidden. This message and any attachments have been scanned for viruses. Orbiscom Ltd. will not be liable for direct, special, indirect or consequential damages arising from alteration of the contents of this message by a third party or as a result of any virus being passed on. www.Orbiscom.com **
Re: [Cooker] RFC DrakX package selection tree
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Randy Kramer wrote: Does it only select, or does it also download and/or install? If so, (and without having tried the program), I'd like words that convey the full range of activity. (More like "automatically install other required programs", or "get and install requirements"). If the next step is to download and install, and the next step requires another operator action (another button or selection), then "... select ..." might be sufficient for this step. snip Since, AFAICT, dependencies are always installed, and the only difference the button makes is whether or not they are shown as selected in the package selection list, how about: "Show automatically-selected packages" This makes it clear that it only affects what you see, not what you get. Michael
Re: [Cooker] RFC DrakX package selection tree
Sounds reasonable to me! Randy Kramer Michael Brown wrote: Since, AFAICT, dependencies are always installed, and the only difference the button makes is whether or not they are shown as selected in the package selection list, how about: "Show automatically-selected packages" This makes it clear that it only affects what you see, not what you get. Michael
Re: [Cooker] RFC DrakX package selection tree
Michael Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "Show automatically-selected packages" i like it. Quite long though, but can't find anything shorter...
Re: [Cooker] RFC DrakX package selection tree
On Wednesday 21 March 2001 13:08, you wrote: the checkbox "Automatic dependencies" seems badly understood. Any better words? "Silent dependencies", "No dependencies warnings"??? thanks, cu Pixel. Hi Dependencies among packages checked regards guran
RE: [Cooker] RFC DrakX package selection tree
"No dependencies warnings" would make me think that it was going to "force" the install without installing the packages it depended on and not tell me about it, which is probably not what it is really doing (or, I could be one of the people who doesn't understand what it means. ;-) If it means "Automatically install packages that are required by the packages you have selected to install" (and since all that doesn't fit on the windows which is why it was shortened in the first place), then I think just adding the word "install" to the phrase would clear a lot of things up. "Automatically install dependencies" or "Install dependencies without warning". That should fit, right? Of course, the more I look at it, the more it seems to me that it just might be the word "dependencies" that is not clear. It's certainly not a word I use in everyday conversation. :-) Maybe a different word like "required" or "related" should be used in place of "dependencies". Eaon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 5:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cooker] RFC DrakX package selection tree the checkbox "Automatic dependencies" seems badly understood. Any better words? "Silent dependencies", "No dependencies warnings"??? thanks, cu Pixel.
