Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <000e01bfed29$d811f200$a8a11dcb@ihug.co.nz> From: "Ross Smith" To: References: <200007132249 DOT SAA27631 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> Subject: Re: new GUI setup program! Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 12:24:16 +1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 From: "DJ Delorie" > > OK, folks, the big day is here - a GUI setup program! Yup, > point-n-click ease, pretty progress monitors, and other things that > Windows users have come to expect. You mean it crashes at the drop of a hat, requires three reboots before it can finish the installation, changes all my registry settings and file associations without asking, and sends my name, address, favourite grocery store, bank balance, and condom size to Doubleclick? :-) But seriously folks... I've just tried it out. Everything seemed to go smoothly; well done! I particularly liked the progress indicators, with the download rate and byte counts. I have a few comments and suggestions; I hope they're constructive. These are all just cosmetic issues; the installation ran perfectly. The options on the "Select root directory" dialogue could probably do with some explanation. It was obvious to me that it was asking me whether the standard mount points should be text-vs-binary and system-vs-user, but that's because I've had some experience with that particular feature; I expect it would be totally mystifying to someone who hadn't used Cygwin before, or even to someone who had but never paid much attention to the mount points set up by default. The next page was a complete mystery to me. I can only guess that it's something to do with the download process. I checked "Use IE5 settings" because I didn't have any choice (why is it even an option when there's no alternative? and what if I didn't have IE5?), and left the user ID and password boxes blank because I had no idea what to put in them, and it seemed to work. The "Select download site" dialogue is too small (and needs a horizontal scroll bar). Also, it might make finding the one you want a bit easier if they were sorted. You should probably preselect a default (probably ftp.freesoftware.com) for people who aren't familiar with the mirrors. (I notice Sourceware's own site is no longer included -- is this a deliberate change in policy or just an oversight?) You might want to consider a "total download progress" indicator, like the one in the install phase. Thanks for all your work! -- Ross Smith The Internet Group, Auckland, New Zealand ======================================================================== "C++ is to programming as sex is to reproduction. Better ways might technically exist but they're not nearly as much fun." -- Nikolai Irgens -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com