Bryen wrote:
On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 09:45 -0400, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Stephan Kulow
wrote: But this is not what this dialog is all about. If you want more software, the software selection is there for you. This might not be the best, usability wise.
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.
Best,
Zonker
The problem also is that I don't think a user, at least from a new user perspective, thinks of Desktop Environments as "software" per se. They see sofware as programs that run on top of DE's. So they see the Sofware Selection menu more as add-ons to the Environment they've chosen.
Bryen
There will always be "The problem" for the "new user", the new user who doesn't know or hasn't got herself familiar with what a GNOME or a KDE is. I don't see how we fix that, other than eliminating choice, something that the many reviewers recommend constantly - new users are supposed to be pretty stupid, easily confused, horrified at the amount of disk space and memory called for and frightened away from Linux in general and openSUSE in particular. I can also sympathise with Zonker's annoyance, encountered the same situation up to yesterday and countless times in the past, needing as usual to install GNOME, KDE3 and KDE4, but I always find a way of doing it and give that to anyone who needs it. I can't see a "BEST" way and doubt there is one that will meet everyone's idea of what best is. My advice to packagers, take note of the comments, design it as you see fit. Computer nomenclature is always quaint and I'm sure that the vast bulk of Windows users think Powerpoint is where they plug the PC into the mains. No gripes here! Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org