Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (508 mails)

[Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@xxxxxxx>]

Per Jessen wrote:
> Ludwig Nussel wrote:
>
> > The timezone screen currently is the third IIRC so it's too late
> > there. Maybe the map (and only the map) should be made the first
> > screen instead. Based on what country the user chooses a second
> > screen could suggest language, keyboard and time zone. The default
> > selection for the map could indeed be based on geolocation, it's
> > just a hint that can be changed easily after all.
>
> I think it might make sense to put the map, and the initial guess of
> language, keyboard and locale on one page altogether.  It's not a lot
> of information and it's all pertinent to the individual user. 

Well, the timezone screen also configures the system clock atm
(whether it's set to UTC, whether to use NTP etc).

> For the geolocation, I think we'll need to use an external query, e.g.
> via http.  (http://geo.jessen.ch/)  Many  users are connected via NAT,
> so a direct lookup based on the IP of a NIC would not suffice. 

No need for an external service. The download redirector already
determines where the client is coming from. So it could just send
that information back in an http header when the repo data is
fetched.

cu
Ludwig

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