On Sat, 2010-12-04 at 19:19 +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > Package: firmware-ipw2x00 > Severity: important > > This issue is a serious usability issue with the graphical installer > (I haven't checked, yet, if the issue also happens with the text > installer).
It doesn't occur in a normal installation on the console, so I would assume it's fine in the text installer too. > When the ipw2x00 deb file is found by D-I at initial steps of install, > it displays its accept/decline license question. > > However, the license text make the Yes/No buttons disappear and users > can't see them to notice that the default is declining the license. > > That may be a cdebconf issue This seems like a bug in the graphical front-end. It should use a scrolling text area if necessary. > but, at least having the default to > "true" would allow users to blindly type Enter and be able to continue > the installation process. > > Having "Decline" as default then requires user to blindly hit left > arrow, then Enter. That's not really obvious..:-) We're not supposed to let users install the firmware without presenting them with the licence conditions. Setting the default to 'accept' makes it possible that they never see them (due to a high required priority). Yes, I know users don't read them anyway. But if we don't go through this charade then we could be forbidden to distribute the firmware at all. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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