Improving the Fedora boot experience

[Ryan Lerch]

On 03/11/2013 02:21 PM, Tomasz Torcz wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 02:02:11PM -0400, seth vidal wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:55:30 +0100
>> Alec Leamas <leamas.alec at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Fine with me, but don't forget to  have a hint to this key visible e.
>>> g.,  "Press F1 to..." in some corner. Current
>>> policy that user  just should know the key is not that good IMHO.
>>> After all, this is the first screen a newcomer
>>> meets. And thisis not only about the initial grub boot but also the
>>> "main" boot process (and screen)  that follows.
>>
>> I really do like the idea of a line which says:
>> "Press <some key> to see what's going on right now"
>> It creates a learning opportunity for new users and a relatively benign
>> way to present this info.
>   “Press ESC for details” is fine. The only problem is that we have to include
> half of graphical stack to render this text correctly.  And in correct locale.
>
Does the bootup screen require any keyboard other input at all other 
than escape to bring up the details?
Would there be harm in allowing *any* keypress to bring up and hide the 
details, and not having a label?

cheers,
ryanlerch