Public bug reported:

Hi there,
I just just downloaded the Karmic alpha 5 today (desktop cd) to do some testing 
and to see if i could help find bugs. I booted to the livecd version of Ubuntu 
inside virtualbox (running on my current Jaunty install). Once the system had 
fully booted i double-clicked the install icon on the desktop and went through 
the various steps to install. When i got to the 'Who are you' screen i filled 
it out and clicked next, but i notices int he last second that extra 
information was actually outside the visible frame of the window (i had to 
scroll down to see it). I easily missed it the first time, and i imagine most 
other users (especially novices) would too.

Release of Ubuntu being used: Karmic 9.10 alpha 5

What you expected to happen: I expected all the information to be
displayed on the screen at once, or on another screen displayed at the
next step of the install.

What happened instead: I had to scroll to see the rest of the options i
was supposed to fill out.

The reason i filed this as a bug is because if you look at the installer
as i am, there are no clues there is any more information at the bottom
of the current page, apart from the scroll bar. And imho a scroll bar is
very uncharacteristic for an installer window (unless you're talking
about within a textbox), especially for windows users. Having to scroll
the entire window to show all the information is probably one of the
worst solutions from a usability perspective. Moving the controls around
so they all fit on one pane, or relocating some to another screen of the
installer would make things much clearer.

** Affects: ubuntu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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karmic installer 'who are you screen' cluttered
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/426132
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