Re: First mock up of new text UI

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On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 10:28:26AM -0700, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On 07/24/2012 07:38 AM, James Laska wrote:
> >On Mon, 2012-07-23 at 15:29 -0700, Jesse Keating wrote:
> >>1) Language [ ]
> >>2) Keyboard Layout [ ]
> >>3) Date and Time [ ]
> >>4) Install Destination* [ ]
> >>5) Install Source [ ]
> >>6) Network Configuration [ ]
> >>7) Root Password* [ ]
> >
> >Perhaps if it was more in a table format?
> >
> >>Choice Configuration         Completed?
> >>1     Language              no
> >>2     Keyboard Layout       no
> >>3     Date and Time         no
> >>4     Install Destination   no
> >>5     Install Source        no
> >>6     Network Configuration no
> >>7     Root Password         no
> 
> I agree that the "checkbox" can get kind of lost in the flowed text.
> The problem with trying to do any sort of structured table is that
> translations will cause the text spacing to get all weird, and we're
> working with some pretty constrained sizes, 80x25  (80 chars wide,
> 25 lines on screen max)

I'd just re-order it so they are in a fixed location:

1) [ ] Language
2) [ ] Keyboard Layout 
3) [ ] Date and Time

and/or fill in the current value in the next line like chris suggested.

> 
> >== forced ordering (*) ==

> The ordering of hub choices can change so that the required stuff is
> on top, I didn't put any thought to ordering when I slapped together
> the mockup.

We shouldn't change the order, that's going to mess with muscle memory
:)

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Brian C. Lane | Anaconda Team | IRC: bcl #anaconda | Port Orchard, WA (PST8PDT)

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