Tyson Dowd, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 1/24/98 11:43 PM >Perhaps you could explain why you think the Mac/Win UI is better? >Is it just prettier, or is there some way in which it is a "better" >interface for doing the job? >As far as I can see (the Windows installer) just covers your screen, >tells you to kill all your other processes, shows you some cryptic disk >space graphs (and some crappy graphics) as it copies files, gives you >nice "next" buttons, then offers to reboot for you. Debian wouldn't >need the reboot, the warnings, or the useless graphs. Perhaps the next >buttons could stay.
The mac makes it clear as to exactly what is being installed -- that's the biggest difference. It tells you what's happening. dpkg is better for doing stuff en masse and certain other things, but the mac is certainly easier, mainly because of presentation. >But if Windows were to allow you to install 27 packages at once, offered >to download them, informed you of dependencies at the same time, and >warned you if removing a package would cause trouble with other >packages, you could be certain the windows installer/uninstaller would >have more complex dialogs as well. In this way, the mac/windows is worse. Windows worse than the mac. dpkg is still intimidating to new users. -------------------------------- Asher Haig [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
