Re: [Opencd-devel] regarding installation method

[J A. F. <jaa...@ya...>]

--- Henrik Nilsen Omma <h....@bt...> wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 08:57, Toby Inkster wrote:
> > On Thu, 2 May 2002 21:14:14 -0700 (PDT)
> > J Aaron Farr <jaa...@ya...> wrote:
> > 
> > JAF> Perhaps I should clarify by what I mean as an HTML based installer.
> > JAF> There's a difference between and HTML based installer and and
> > JAF> HTTP based installer....
> > 
> > I still don't think this is a great idea:
> > 
> > 1) it would look less professional than a proper purpose-built   
> application; and
> > 2) people are wary about installing things off the Internet -- yes,
> >    *I* realise they would be installing things of the CD, not the 
> >    Internet... but would they?
> > 
> 
> What if we modify K-meleon in such a way that it's not possible for the
> novice to see that it's a browser.  It can be run in a permanent full
> screen mode, and we can put in all our own buttons for navigation.  In
> that case we should probably not link to any site on the net, but we can
> still preserve the same look and feel of the web site.  In that way,
> when the user does go on-line later the enviornment will be familiar.
> 
> This can be made to look quite professional with some good web design
> (and I think we have people signed up that are good at this); certainly
> much better than your average windows installer, with its ugly green
> background and grey prompting windows.  
> 
> - Henrik

I really like this idea of K-Meleon.  It would take a little work, but I think
it would be really nice.  And as mentioned, with proper HTML design, the
installer would look just as proffesional as any standalone.

jaaron



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