Sex, 2011-01-21 às 15:01 +0100, Samuel Thibault escreveu: > Miguel Figueiredo, le Fri 21 Jan 2011 13:16:53 +0000, a écrit : > > > Actually, I don't even understand why people prefer to see questions > > > grouped. I personally prefer to type foo[ENTER]bar[ENTER], rather than > > > having to tab between elements, or find out how things are supposed to > > > be separated (by commas, whatever). > > > > > > > If the default value doesn't need to changed it's "two (or more) birds > > with one stone". > > Still, I find it more efficient to validate them one by one rather than > validating two, then three, then two again, etc. > > > I guess it also makes sense (i don't argue to everybody) that related > > questions be together around one subject so they don't seem 'random' but > > logically partitioned. > > That, however, I can understand (though I still don't put that in the > "best" way to do things). > > > And also could lead to fewer steps, even with the same amount to data to > > feed to the system. > > I was about to say "well, pressing enter three times is no more tedious > than just once", but then I realize that indeed I could like to e.g. be > able to say "yes, all the network stuff can remain the default, I don't > care". > > One ground issue that remains is that questions depend on each other: > for the locale for instance, the list of countries depends on the > language, and the default keymap and timezone depends on the both > country and language, so unless changing list selection on the fly in > e.g. the graphical interface, you'll loose efficiency if you group them. > > Same for mirror selection: first the country, then the mirror list. The > proxy question could be on the side, however. > > One grouping that I see could be done a hostname/domainname combination. > I usually don't fill the domainname, so just filling the hostname and > pressing enter is fine.
Out of netcfg's scope... For the 1st user creation i don't see any harm on grouping "Real name", "login" and "password" as this is all on the same subject. > > > For instance, I don't even like (but I can live with) the graphical > > > installer asking the dupped password on the same screen, it makes d-i > > > testing a little bit more tedious :) > > > > > > > I believe we also have a wishlist BR asking to when press enter to move > > to the next box :) > > Mmm, and then we'll have a wishlist BR that ctrl-enter validates it > all... Funny way to switch from tab/enter to enter/ctrl-enter :) > > Samuel > > -- Melhores cumprimentos/Best regards, Miguel Figueiredo http://www.DebianPT.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
