Re: One click installer a bit bare?

From: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, 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 14:09:40
Message-ID: 1317823781.2059.28.camel@localhost.localdomain
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On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 15:59 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> 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..)
>

Guess it is this one:
http://www.dalibo.org/_media/articles/winpg84/winpg84_18.jpg

from the 8.4 installer. (I have a more current one, but in french
unfortunately)

--
Guillaume
http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info
http://www.dalibo.com

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