[Lubuntu-comms] People do not understand the desktop installer

[William]

Okay, I think it's safe to say that so far having the initial selection 
warning followed by an impossible to misunderstand dialogue box that 
requires a check box confirmation is a solid plan. While I still think 
that the idea of have a youtube video is a good one: how, where, and 
when to implement it is highly problematic. If it is going to be 
presented along with or before the download link, it's presentation 
should be somewhat passive. We don't want to scare people off - 
otherwise they might have second thoughts and instead go use Fedora to 
accidentally wipe out Windows. Rather than including it before the 
download, I think a better option would be to automatically forward them 
to the video once the download has started. To keep everything simple, 
the page should located at install.ubuntugnome.org - or similar. Here is 
my reason for keeping the URL super simple: going back to the dialogue 
box, that itself should refer people to the video that they may have 
dismissed at download time. If your going to refer people to a URL that 
they have to remember, then it must be super simple, i.e. 
install.ubuntugnome.org - now the real problem: this page would have to 
present a selection of language options. Due to the nature of Linux, 
this is not insurmountable, but I don't know how practical it would be 
as an effort. Otherwise the page could simply explain things in greater 
detail then the installer for every language the video has yet to be 
translated into...? This is getting too complicated. Perhaps the video 
is a good idea in principle but a bad idea based on logistics alone.


On 10/25/2013 08:24 AM, Julien Olivier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the video idea is not so good for another reason: it would need to be
> dubbed in all supported languages, and that's not very practical.
>
> On ven., 2013-10-25 at 17:03 +0400, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Jack Ramsay <jack at troop55.net> wrote:
>>          Dear all,
>>          
>>          In my opinion the pop-up is a great idea. Also, The youtube
>>          video is a good idea but what if people don't have internet. I
>>          also think that if we add a check-box to the pop-up so that
>>          the user understands what they’re doing. That will cause them
>>          to stop and read what is there. This may help with people
>>          rushing through the installer. Please send feedback, ideas or
>>          concerns.
>>          
>>          
>>          Thanks,
>>          
>>          Jack
>>          
>>
>>
>> Hi Jack,
>>
>>
>> If someone has NO Internet connection, then he/she would not be able
>> to 'download' the ISO to begin with and therefore, he/she will
>> obviously not be able to install anything to start with ;)
>>
>>
>> The video Link will NOT be included on the Installer -
>> http://amjjawad.blogspot.com/2013/10/ubiquity-and-installing-ubuntu-and-its.html
>>
>>
>>
>> It should be included it 'before' the download Link.
>>
>>
>> I have done an example on our Website (Ubuntu GNOME Website) where it
>> is so clear that the Video Link is before the Download Link.
>>
>>
>> That is all :)
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> amjjawad
>>
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