Just to provide more information, I also experienced an akward situation when confronting a single 'Back' button in the installer. Mainly, I was used to both boot-floppies and other installations in which you: 1.- first fill in the form information 2.- then push a button to continue Since I was expecting 2, instead of hitting <ENTER> after filling in the form, I always hit <TAB> <ENTER>, expecting the default next step after the form would be "Continue". In d-i, the "next step" is always "Back", as a consequence I was always going around in circles (Select an option->Fill in the option's information->Push back->Select the same option again->....) Maybe the "Continue" button does not make sense when you have a select list and you have to select an option (i.e. move to the option, press <ENTER>) and this is probably true (the option of moving to the option, thus selecting it, and then select the Continue button and press <ENTER> might be awkward). But I think the "Continue" button should be provided when asking users for information. That way uses could do: a) introduce all the information in the form and press <ENTER> in the last field to continue b) introduce all the information in the form, select the button and press <ENTER> to continue This is analogous to how web browsers work, for example, not to mention quite a number of UI and GUI applications (actually, in most UI/GUI applications there is only one button, which is always 'OK' or 'Continue'). Notice that debconf, for example, which doesn't provide a 'Back' button, always shows an 'OK' button even if you can use the a) option to input information (i.e. not use the button). That might make users feel awkward since, on the first installation steps, they are first confronted with cdebconf and 'learn' that buttons are only for going back and, in later steps, they might associate this and think that debconf's buttons are for going back which they are not. Obviously, the button says so itself, but people working fast might not notice this until they make a mistake (see a screen->[think, no, I want to go back]->push OK without changing the default->[think, damn, I wanted to go back!]) Removing the 'OK' button and, thus, the second option leads, IMHO, to confusion since some users (like myself) might be more used to the b) option in UI/GUI environments. Just my 2c. Javier
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