> you could easily go even farther than that? OK, this might be > impractical, but it sounds easy... > > Each step could be assigned (internally) a ranking according to user > knowledge: 1 = what's a computer ---to--- 10 = Linus > > at the beginning of the install, you rank yourself. Then, for each > step, > 1) Explanation is automatically offered if it ranks higher than you AND > 2) a default config is assumed if it ranks higher than you. > > You could make it so that the explanation is also available in expert > modes via a help button....
My worry here is that it's starting to get big.... Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/ Debian GNU/Hurd - love at first byte
