On Tuesday 22 April 2008 05:07:44 pm Lukas Ocilka wrote:
Bryen napsal(a): | I still think the best choice is to replace the radio buttons with | checkboxes. I, for one, tend to choose both GNOME and KDE when I | install. This means selecting one DE in this screen and then later down | the line in SW, choose the second (or more) DE of choice. | | To me, that resolves most of the arguments or "political tricks", as one | poster referred to it, and informs the new user that they CAN pick more
Hmm, that's true. It solves a lot. ... and additionally it adds another level of confusion (which can be sovled by adding a note that user can install more desktops at once).
| than one DE for their installation. Why should a new user be forced to | make a decision on which DE to choose when they haven't tried any of | them in the past? Let them install both and decide later, through | actual usage, which DE they like best.
Because when more desktops are selected, it's again uneasy and "politically incorrect" to pick one as the default desktop (and gdm vs kdm, of course).
Yes, *we* have a problem but we want *user* to *solver* it ;)
And the solution is to have check box for installation and radio button for default desktop and login manager. For instance: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here you can take advantage of the openSUSE ability to install not only one, but few graphical user interfaces at the same time and check which one fits your needs better. Whatever you choose will not force you to reinstall openSUSE. Any of the options on this screen you can change later using computer management software YaST. Inst Login [x] ( ) GNOME The newest version of modern graphic desktop environment. Adds some <x GB> to the <y GB> default system. [x] ( ) KDE3 The newest version of KDE desktop. Adds some <x GB> to the <y GB> default system. [x] ( ) KDE4 The fast and elegant future of KDE desktop. Adds some <x GB> to the <y GB> default system. If you already know what you want deselect other options. If you have enough place on hard disk and want to try all options then select which one will be first that you will log in and click next. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It would be good to have the same screen for users that want to change defaults after installation. It is redundant to other parts of software management, but it would be easy to recognize it's function for those that deal for the first time with YaST. Module already exist, the only question is where to put it in YaST Control Center. -- Regards, Rajko http://en.opensuse.org/Portal needs helpful hands. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org