On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 02:00:34PM -0400, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E1ir=EDn_Duffy_ wrote: > Paul W. Frields wrote: > > New to Linux? Unsure of Do you know what kind of > > your computer's hardware? processor you have, or > > Select this option. what kind of Fedora you > > want? Select this option. > > > > fedora fedora > > [FOR BEGINNERS] [FOR EXPERTS] > > the above looks like a splash screen :( splash screens inconvenience > everybody... no matter which line you're supposed to stand in, > you've got to click, and it absolves the designer from choosing a > default audience to cater to and puts the work on the users of all > audiences instead (both have to read the explanatory text and make > an explicit decision rather than at least half getting right to work > right away). > > i think instead of a 'turn left for x, turn right for y' approach we > should just cater to beginners by default because they're beginners > and need it. so by default present the beginner's x86 desktop live > cd download link front and center. then require an additional click > to get to the 'experts' part. (this is the point behind > http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/webdesign/get-fedora/) Wow, that's a nice design -- completely different than what I had in mind, but I love it! I hadn't seen your other response when I posted this, so I understand your reasoning. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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