ubiquity-slideshow team mailing list archive

[Roy <rdstrac@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 05:24 +0000, Dylan McCall wrote:
> Thanks for the bug report, Roy. When I wrote that, I was actually
> meaning precisely what you see. This is definitely quite possible on a
> reasonably efficient computer, and as far as stability is concerned I
> for one have never really encountered problems. Still, you make a good
> point; this is something that COULD backfire, and we don't want any of
> that.
> 
> I intend to rewrite that slide (regardless of where the other content goes) since it is really horribly terse right now, so this will get fixed.
> Any suggestions for how it could be better worded?
> 

Hi Dylan

I stand corrected... kind of. :o)

I haven't installed Ubuntu from the Desktop icon since my first install
of Feisty and I forgot that what you say *is* possible until I was
reminded by Colin's reply.
The only thing I can think of in this case is to set a flag depending on
where the install was started from, then displaying one of 2 slides with
or without the "explore" line. If this proves to be too time consuming a
fix my feeling is that it would be better to drop the line altogether.
>From my experience, that may or may not be typical, the person most
likely to use this feature is a first time user.  Since the explore only
works from the desktop install icon, and then only if a person's
computer is fast enough, there is too much room for confusion that could
poison a first impression of Ubuntu.  I think most people will, as I
did, try the Live CD session, then not worry about it after the install
has started.

My 2 cents,
  Roy

P.S.
A possibility is to change the line to something like -
"If you started the install from the Desktop then you can continue
exploring Ubuntu during the install."
  RS

-- 
poor message in Karmic installer slideshow
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/426620
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubiquity
Slideshow, which is subscribed to ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu in ubuntu.

Status in “ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
The message to "explore while installing" in the Karmic Alpha 5 installer slideshow gives the impression that you should be able to use the system while it is installing.   This line should be changed or removed to avoid confusion.