Mail Archives: cygwin/2000/07/13/22:01:43
From: "DJ Delorie" <dj AT delorie DOT com>
>
> > and what if I didn't have IE5?),
>
> Then setup wouldn't even run. Same as the old setup. When we
> complete that to-do item, you could choose a direct connection, which
> doesn't require installing IE5 but also doesn't use the automatic
> proxy stuff that IE5 provides.
Setup always required IE5? I never knew that. OK, my mistake, sorry.
> If you use a proxy that requires authentication, you'd put that there.
> It's optional. People who need it usually know that they need it.
I think just adding the words "Proxy settings" would be a big help.
> > You should probably preselect a default (probably
> > ftp.freesoftware.com) for people who aren't familiar with the
> > mirrors.
>
> The appropriate default depends on where the user is, so we can't
> really know which one to pick.
Maybe that's just me being naive about the state of other countries'
nets. It's always been my experience that, if there isn't a mirror
actually in the same city as me, it's never worthwhile trying anything
else outside the US.
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Ross Smith <ross DOT s AT ihug DOT co DOT nz> The Internet Group, Auckland, New Zealand
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