On 2 April 2014 11:16, Vikram Goyal <vikigoyal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am using fedora or rather redhat based distribution since there was > Redhat 5 ( probably in middle ninteies or something ) > > As far as I can tell the disk partitioning scheme under F1/20 definetly > needs some kind of rework to make it unambigious to users. > > The developers must understand one thing from user's perspective that: > > 1} The systems being installed are mostly dual boot having other > OSes &/Or partitions, already having precious data in them. > > 2} The users are always jittery if they do not fully understand where > the whole thing is leading to, especially in regard to partioning. > So a bit of more verbosity & transparency of what exactly the > installer is doing will go a long way in mitigating the user's > complaints. > > 3} Developers have built the UI & know its INs & OUTs. If they try to > use the UI 'as a user', it will always lead to false analysis because > their knowledge will always warp the UI experience & they will always > make the right decisions even if those decisions are the most > difficult. So in order to understand the UI from a User's Perspective > they should always listen to users & give weightage to their > complaints because that is exactly what the UI is delivering & not > what the developers are thinking. > > But then point 3 goes for all the UI in place be it installer or full > fledged Desktop GUI. In case of installer, it just becomes a very dicey > from the user's point of view with so much at stake & so little > information. > > Developers must understand that even if what appears to be a very dumb > question/complaint, it actually is not dumb but just plain ambigiousness > in UI. Confusion mostly arises from inadequate info where decision making > is required, which is amply available with the developers but to the > users, due to bad UI. I entirely concur. (Personally, the oldest version I used was Red Hat 4.2 on an old SPARCstation I used to have.) -- Liam Proven * Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lproven@xxxxxxxxx * GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lproven@xxxxxxxxxxx * Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 * Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
