post-install media formats wizard

[Murray Cumming]

On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 09:58 -0500, Chris Wagner wrote:
> > > we could improve my proposed dialog by making it install realplayer
> > > (or some other non-free package) on "cancel".
> > > 
> > > but anyway, when was my text "baffling"?  i only said patents ONCE...
> > 
> > And there the baffling begins. People don't read stuff, let alone try to
> > understand it.
> 
> That baffling is nothing compared to what a typical Windows user is used
> to (and I'm assuming our targeted audience, here, is primarily Windows
> users).  Everytime one installs an application he's expected to read a
> EULA far uglier than that "baffling".

Which 99% of people ignore because it's irrelevant to their goal.

> I would say that it is quite important to at least make some note,
> giving the user some small reason *why* he cannot have these things
> working as is.

But he _can_ have it working, if we allow him to pay the small amounts
of money that it requires.

1. Baffling text that I don't understand + Buy Code + Movie Plays
is far better than
2. Baffling text + Movie Doesn't Play.

At least in 1. the text seems to be part of achieving something, but in
2. it's all about confusion and failure.

>   Many will not care; most will, at least in a
> half-conscious manner, absorb these facts, as they continue to make the
> download so they can play their stuff.

Yes, this is good stuff for a website.

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Murray Cumming
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