Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (508 mails)

[Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ludwig Nussel wrote:

> 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).

True, it does.  That doesn't really belong on the first page though.

> > 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.

We can't assume that this is an actual network install nor a network
install via the download redirector.  Otherwise that is an optimal
place to get a countrycode from.



-- 
Per Jessen, Zürich (-2.1°C)

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