Bugzilla – Bug 439034
kdelive cd, 2nd stage installer: highlight correct step in the left pane
Last modified: 2008-11-05 09:33:37 UTC
2nd stage installer boots from bare system from HDD, green pane on the left with steps enumerated, right pane, steel color, on the right, step is performed/shown here. Ok, but what is shown on the right does not exists in the left. Network card detection -- not there (on the left), graphics card detection (not there), account creation (not there). User does not know if she/he is before welcome, after welcome, or maybe after finish. So please provide steps on the left, and highlight only this one which is currently performed (now, the two steps at the same time are highlighted).
I do not understand what you mean. Could you, please, post a screenshot with marks what is inconsistent?
I already installed the system, but I hope it is clear -- if there is some step performed on the right (pane), it should be present on the left (in the list) and it should be highlighted, right? So, for the 2nd stage of kdelive cd installer all steps performed are _not_ present in the list on the left (network detection, graphic card detection, account creation) -- and vice versa, steps mentioned in the list are not performed (but is OK, I am just telling you this so you know the details).
Not all steps are shown in the left pane, that's on purpose. Jiri, please, check, if there is something we should add.
This is flaw -- how user can estimate how many steps are left (how much time does it take to install) if she/he does not know what was before, what will be next, and where she/he is now?
The number of steps is very rough estimation of the time needed, since each step takes different amount of time. Having separate step for each task would lead to a list, which would not fit into the screen - this is no way to go. That's why we group some steps together (e.g. all dialogs related to configuration of users, authentication method, etc. to one step; all steps of core installation (including partitioning, copying the data) to ene step, etc). Second stage of installation contains one big step - automatic configuration. It is completly non-interactive (except hardware detection confirmation under some circumstances). Since there is no user's interaction needed, having it split into multiple steps would even be more confusing than currently (users could think that they will need to perform some steps manually - knowing that the system will configure automatically gives user more useful information). Even though I understand your point of view, I'm confident that vast majority of users prefer grouping the steps into reasonable groups.
I am too for grouping, for example * automatic configuration or * finishing the installation _Anything_. But currently there is _nothing_. How user can know this is the last step (or macro-step), that after auto-config there will be no manual-config? I am not saying that each step (like "waiting for password confirmation") should be shown, but I am saying the step should be shown. So I am for showing steps -- and it is not contradiction to what you said (that micro steps should be omitted). Bottom line is: > Second stage of installation contains one big step - automatic configuration. Then show it. Please reconsider and reopen this report.
Reopening. I am just installing beta 4 and I noticed that the appropriate step exists in the left pane. But -- two main steps are highlighted, "installation" and "configuration" (and they should not), and there is step "automatic configuration" which is not highlighted (and it should). Btw. steps should not only be highlighted but also added some visual mark, like * before. Btw. now it is a bit different issue then I originally though but I keep this report to continue, instead of opening new, very similar, one. Changing summary accordingly.
Highlighting the main steps is on purpose, since they are kind of headings. This is correct. Missing checkmarks for active step have already been fixed too late for Beta4. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 427632 ***