consider people with poor vision

[Michael Hennebry]

On Wed, 19 Jun 2013, Adam Williamson wrote:

> There are probably a thousand questions we could ask at the first stage
> of install that would allow various small groups of people to have a
> more 'tailored' installer in some way. How do you decide which to ask
> and which not to ask?

One might put alleviating pain before convenience.
Font size might be a show-stopper for some people.
A lot of other things can be fixed after one has a running system.
Also, one could post the list and ask the users.

On Wed, 19 Jun 2013, John Morris wrote:

> On Wed, 2013-06-19 at 08:46 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> would be better than playing catch up later.  It wouldn't even have to
> involve numbers and stats most people wouldn't understand.  Autodetect
> everything and use that to display a sample dialog with a simple
> statement/question.
>
> "Fedora has automatically detected your display and hopefully adjusted
> itself to it.  Is the text in this dialog:
>
> [Too big]  [Too small] [Just right]"

I think that I would dispense with autodetection of physical dimensions.
There are too many things that lie.
Just start with the default and ask
"Is the text in this dialog:

[Too big]  [Too small] [Just right]".

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