On 8/7/05, Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > as a normal stupid user (when it comes to printing) I tried to setup > cups. Let me express what goes wrong from new users point of view. > > Your package was suggested while installing cups. So why not, a database > that may know my settings sounds good. But what did I get? A dozen of > debconf dialogs that ask stuff that does not have anything to do with > reality.
More like 3. And closer to (in fact, I believe equal to) zero at -p medium. > Why does it ask about which queue I am using while I am installing > _CUPS_? Fsck that. To be userfriendly, it should find out. If it does > not know for sure, it should at least place an expected default. It does this already. Are you running some ancient version or have multiple spoolers installed? > Instead, it seems to be a list with some random entry, hardly documented > what each of them means and which do you know. Crap. > > There is a question about the interfaces. What is ipp? What is serial? > More than that, there is no serial port at all here. Damn, check that > and do not suggest unpossible options to the user. Huh? These are all CUPS settings, bitch at the CUPS maintainer about ipp and serial and friends. > gs question is also a such candidate. There is only one gs and only one > going installed. Actually, there are multiple versions of gs... you might need gs-esp for your printer because it has all the drivers, but gs-gpl for screen display since it's less buggy/more featureful. Ideally, gs-esp will be updated or the gs-gpl folks will merge the esp stuff... until then, people need to be able to do this. > Why do you suggest X alternatives? What do they mean? > What hides behind the "custom setting"? Where can I customise it. What > does expect me when I choose it? There's another dialog that comes up when you choose "custom" that *gasp* lets you customize it. > Same applies for the accounting questions. I guess it asks it also if > CUPS is not beeing installed. Actually, no it doesn't. > Please read the DIN EN ISO 9241 part 9 and following to learn the basic > rules for human interace design. And maybe VDI 3850 if you can get that. Go read them yourself. And before ranting again check to make sure you're ranting about the right package (see ipp question above). Chris -- Chris Lawrence - http://blog.lordsutch.com/
