Suggestion re FESCO Ticket #170

[Niels Haase]

2009/6/29 David <bouncingcats at gmail.com>:
> Re the discussion at
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-June/msg01991.html
>
> The below suggestion tries to satisfy all parties:
> - it presents a neutral default
> - it presents a simple choice for newbie who doesnt know what a desktop is
> - it shows the range of what is available
> - it allows a specific choice
>
> Design suggestion for the Fedora download page
> (http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora):
>
> FEDORA LIVE CD
> Do you require a specific desktop ?
>  [ * ]  I don't care
>  [   ]  Fedora Live with GNOME
>  [   ]  Fedora Live with KDE
>  [   ]  Fedora Live with LXDE
>  [   ]  Fedora Live with XFCE
> etc
>
> The "I don't care" just links to whichever desktop is currently the "default".
>
> Implementation of this logic doesn't require radio buttons. Just 2 links:
> 1) "click here for default"
> 2) or "click here to choose (go to a selection menu)"
>
> Clicking link #1 gets you the default. Or clicking link #2 takes you
> to a menu of links, one for each available choice.
>
> Fedora policy specifies which desktop the user gets if they click the default.
> But the above user interface design is independent of whichever one is
> the default.
>

David, this looks awesome to my, really good work!
+1

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Regards,
Niels

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