Am Die, den 06.07.2004 schrieb Nathan Hurst um 7:36: > Hello, > I did some simple user testing yesterday using some windows experienced, > linux newbie people to install debian using the new sarge installer. I > watched and took notes, but didn't get involved. Here are my results:
I think that you don't say a word about the first stage (before the reboot) indicates that this stage is fine. > > 1) Confusing about real name and user name. After setting up the root > account the installer asks for a name for a real person's account. > After this it asks for a username. Some confusion as to why the same > question was asked twice. Do you think that the wording of the screen should be improved or is it the concept of separating realname and username that confused the users? > > 2) because we were installing behind a firewall the installer was unable > to access security. I suggest something be added to note that this can > be broken out of using control-C or similar. Alternatively, perhaps the > user can be asked if they want security updates? > > 3) tasksel seem to stump people - you have to discover the help button > to work out how to drive it. Perhaps display the help first? tasksel has been rewritten by joey hess. I don't know if the new tasksel will be included in sarge. The new tasksel uses the same user interface as the rest of the installer. > > 4) installation is slowed down by the fact that you have to serialize > downloading, unpacking and setting up. Could these be pipelined? We > are using a loca, fast, private apt-proxy for the installation, yet the > bulk of the time is still spent waiting for network and unpacking. > > 5) the x-server kit failed to detect the NV16 video card, nor would > setting the driver to nv help (this is probably a bug against Xfree though). If you have enough information, please submit a bug on xfree86. > > 6) one user set the priority to low thinking that was the easiest option > on an older installer CD. I don't recall seeing that choice in the most > recent installer though. The installer automatically takes the priority of the first stage. > > 7) general feeling that the installer asked too many questions. Do you know of any particular question that could be avoided? > > 8) tasksel list was too fine grained for languages (the list was hard to > scroll through), and too coarse grained for everything else. Will > tasksel be available once the system is installed? If so, it might be > worth mentioning that users can always install something later. In the future language tasks should be selected automatically depending on the choosen installation language. > > 9) being in Australia, the timezones list was confusing - we also have > 'Eastern Standard Time'. Perhaps a less US-centric interface would > start at the global groups list first? (This may have been set by using > the 'us-american' option at the begining?) Probably the installer was to smart. If you select us-american it will assume that you are located in the US. > > These are merely observations, not criticisms - I hope that I've found > something useful for the projects. I will repeat this testing in future > when time and bodies permit :) Thank you for this test. This kind of testing is very useful to improve the usability of the installation process. Gaudenz > njh > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
