Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (904 mails)

["Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier" <jzb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Stephan Kulow <coolo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  > I, for one, find it inconvenient to dive into software selection if
>  > all I want to do is add GNOME & KDE, or KDE 3.5 and KDE 4.0. If we're
>  > already presenting the desktop options for the user, I think it's less
>  > than friendly to say "you can only choose one" and make them add the
>  > other(s) via another screen.
>
>  Or (just an alternative) - we also let the user choose in that screen
>  if he want vi, emacs or xemacs. And postfix or sendmail. And if he wants
>  a C compiler or a C++ compiler too. Or if he wants additional languages
>  to his KDE or just to his GNOME. And if he wants Thunderbird as mail client
>  to his KDE or rather use pine or mutt.
>
>  Sorry Joe - usability has nothing to do with avoid clicks for as many users
>  as possible. And using the word usability in a context where you're saying
>  you want 2 different desktop environments, is not going to help your point.

Well, Stephan, exchange "convenience" for "usability" if you like, but
I still see it as less than optimal to present the user with three
choices but say "you can only have ONE here, if you want others, you
must dig for them!"

Best,

Zonker
-- 
Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
openSUSE Community Manager
jzb@xxxxxxxxxx
http://zonker.opensuse.org/
http://www.dissociatedpress.net/
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