Re: One click installer a bit bare?

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-www <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: One click installer a bit bare?
Date: 2011-10-05 13:59:32
Message-ID: CABUevEwhKkX8fpMEeE_EDuJcby_Mshhq9GJMhqj_WWwQDUA3wA@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 15:58, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It may be minimal, but the last page of the installer could have a button to
>>>> take them to support page of .Org?
>>>
>>> Can't do a button, but the new version of BitRock we've just upgraded
>>> to (yesterday!) does support hyperlinked labels, so I've asked one of
>>> the guys to add a "Visit the PostgreSQL Website" link to the final
>>> page. That seems better than the support page to me, as they can then
>>> jump straight to support or whatever else they need.
>>
>> The installer used to ask if people would like to subscribe to announce list.
>>
>> That seems a good thing to help us keep in touch with people.
>
> We can do that certainly - but I don't want to do both, otherwise
> we'll end up with too much text on there that people will just ignore
> (we know from experience this happens with installation wizards).
> There is already additional text on the page that needs to stay (the
> "It's complete" text and "Leave this checked to run StackBuilder and
> download Slony/PostGIS/psqlODBC/Whatever" checkbox).
>
> So, which link is preferred?

I have no windows box around atm - can you throw up a screenshot
somewhere to look at, making it easier to comment? (yes, my VM is
broken.. again..)

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