Re: debian-installer demo system, take 2
On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 12:12:02AM -0500, dan@debian.org wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 04:20:21PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> > The goal is to find a mirror that is close to you on the network -- be aware
> > that near countries, or even your own, may not be the best choice.
> >
> > a. Australia 2. France 8. Norway
> > o. Austria g. Germany p. Poland
> > b. Belgium 3. Greece 9. Portugal
> > q. Brazil h. Hong Kong r. Russia
> > v. Britain (UK) 4. Hungary s. Slovakia
> > w. Bulgaria i. Indonesia 10. Slovenia
> > c. Canada 5. Ireland 11. South Africa
> > x. China 6. Italy 12. Spain
> > y. Costa Rica j. Japan 13. Sweden
> > z. Croatia k. Korea (South) 14. Switzerland
> > 1. Czech Republic l. Latvia t. Taiwan
> > d. Denmark m. Mexico 15. Turkey
> > e. Estonia n. Netherlands u. United States
> > f. Finland 7. New Zealand 16. enter information manually
> >
> > Use a mirror from what country? u
>
> I understand the general logic behind this, but I've got two big user
> interface objections. For one, I wish there was a way to not present
> such a hideously big menu at the beginning, even if it is very simple;
> not much we can do about that, though. More importantly, the
> cleverness of selecting the abbreviations will really fry us later, I
> think. Could we go back to just numbering the options? Seeing
> "a, b, b, q, v, w, c, x, y, z, 1" as consecutive options just rings
> badly.
>
Maybe let the user choose continent first and then countries.
Such a big list really make a user pulse for a big while.
--
Best regard
hashao
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