[Bug 1256874] Re: warning colour needed when the entire disk will be used

[sudodus]

2013-12-02 17:48, Chris Hermansen skrev:
> This is a great point to think clearly about the contents of the
> message.
> 
> The prospective user needs to understand clearly that the "erase and
> install" option leaves no chance of returning to the previous state
> unless there is a separate backup.
> 
> I can easily believe that the inexperienced or untutored prospective
> user would read "Erase disk and install Lubuntu" and not realize there
> is some hidden copy of Windows somewhere that can be magically
> reinstalled.  At the same time there cannot be pages and pages of
> instructions.
> 
> So I suggest:
> 
> "Delete Windows and all your data from the computer forever and install
> Lubuntu in its place"
> 
> In something contrasty and obvious as Nio suggests.
> 
> If there is room for a bit more explanation / fine print below then
> something like:
> 
> "if you have a backup of Windows or install media, you can re-install
> it"
> 
> and:
> 
> "Once Lubuntu is installed, you can retrieve your data from your most
> recent backup".
> 
Nice write-up Chris,

I think it helps making a real improvement of the installer :-)

Best regards/Nio

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Title:
  warning colour needed when the entire disk will be used

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Too often beginners misunderstand the partitioning dialogue of the
  desktop installer.

  The Desktop Installer is flexible and looks nice, and is generally
  easy to understand, but the partitioning page can make people
  confused. There are several threads at the Ubuntu Forums describing
  installations, where a previous system has been overwritten by
  mistake.

  Full task:

  All actions to reduce the risk of losing data are valuable. Videos,
  wiki pages, warning text at the downloading sites.

  Above all, the text and colours in the installer itself needs
  improvement, and it should not be too time-consuming to make such an
  improvement. Some people need to sit down and check what has been
  misunderstood and try to imagine what can be misunderstood by
  beginners. Those descriptions and instructions need to be rewritten.
  In a second step it is important to involve those who translate the
  text into all the languages. I'd volunteer to such a group.

  Minimum task:

  I think the most risky case is where 'the entire disk will be used',
  which is written with bold font on the second page. The title is
  'Erase disk and install Lubuntu' with large font. It is evident if you
  stop and read. But the background colour is neutral grey and the text
  is normal black. I think the background of that second page should be
  red (like the red signal colour for recording or of traffic lights).
  And the text should be bold.This should stop some people from clicking
  automatically before reading the text.

  See the attached pictures 'erase-disk-old.png' and 'erase-disk-
  new.png'

  -o-

  Two examples from the Ubuntu Forums:

  1. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2170483

  'I'm not looking for any support but I thought I'd post to let you know
  about unexpected behavior from your 13.04 installer. I recently
  installed 12.10 on my Asus Revo L. I partitioned 30 gigs to dedicate to
  Ubuntu. After mucking around I wanted to go ahead and install 13.04.
  However the 13.04 installer wouldn't boot up, and after a while i found
  out i had to go into grub boot config file and set "nomodeset".
  Finally I was able to get into the installer.

  The installer gave me some options: "Upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04" or
  "Erase 12.10 and install 13.04". I chose the latter. The installer then
  went on to repartition the entire hard drive, format it to Ubuntu, and
  install 13.04 in it. I lost my windows install, for which there is no
  backup (the system does not come with a restore disc or flash drive) and
  all my content. Over what? That never should have happened guys'

  2. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2183287

  'When I went to install 13.10 I chose the option to remove windows and
  replace with Ubuntu. I had two partitions when I chose this. One with
  files I wanted to keep and the other being the windows 7 partition. When
  I chose to remove windows I assumed it would be placed on my C drive and
  not my other one. But what actually ended up happening was all my
  partitions merged into one deleting everything. Now I only have Ubuntu
  on my drive. I need help retrieving my files please!'

  One example from AskUbuntu:

  Accidentally Wiped out Hard Disk With Windows 8 while installing
  ubuntu 13.04, Is there any way to recover?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Dec  2 11:36:31 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-18 (44 days ago)
  InstallationMedia:
   
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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