Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ubiquity-frontend-gtk
Yesterday I watched a number of people using Ubuntu Gutsy LiveCDs on
their computers. They were confused by the "Install" icon on the
desktop.
One user cleverly downloaded a .deb file from a website and drag-dropped
it onto the "Install" button. He was thrown off when the computer did
not respond as he had expected -- he thought it would install that
program onto the computer, like when you drag an app from a DMG package
to the Applications folder in Mac OSX.
A few other users were confused in a different way, clicking Install in
order to find new programs to install. They were not expecting to begin
the *Ubuntu* install process -- they just wanted to see what programs
were available. Because the Install button is more prominent than the
Add/Remove button on the Ubuntu LiveCD, they went for the Install button
right away.
I think that this represents a bug in the Ubiquity user interface, and I
would like to see a change.
I propose, for starters, renaming the icon "Install Ubuntu to Hard
Drive" instead of the vague "Install". You might also think about moving
it somewhere else, so that it isn't one of the scarce few icons on the
LiveCD desktop. I know that you want to make installation easy, but
right now it's also confusing to many new users.
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Ubutnu LiveCD "Install" icon confusing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/154506
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