Re: [Opencd-devel] regarding installation method

[Alex R. <tun...@pa...>]

Martin Stevens wrote:
> 
> On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 08:57:53AM +0100, 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?
> 
> How about a big note on the front page, to the effect of.
> 
> All software will be installed from this CD, this has all been tested
> by the OpenCD authors, blah blah blah


That sounds a little like trying too hard. Remember that our installer
has to pass the "My Grandma Can Use It" test. What we're really talking
about here is an installer that presents one screen at a time, asking
one question at a time.

SCREEN ONE:

"Do you want to install an office suite? Click "Yes" or "No.""

SCREEN TWO:

"Do you want to install a browser? Click "Yes" or "No.""

No "Next" button, no button for the next screen, just something simple
that My Grandma can use. Once all the questions have been answered, then
the application starts installing.

If My Grandma can't do an easy install on the first try, she's gonna
trash it.

Alex