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Re: Why is setup.exe so difficult? Am I missing something?
- From: Jim Kleckner <jek-cygwin1 at kleckner dot net>
- To: Matthew England <mengland at mengland dot net>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:21:20 -0700
- Subject: Re: Why is setup.exe so difficult? Am I missing something?
- References: <6.1.2.0.2.20051012083603.0485aec0@127.0.0.1>
Matt England wrote:
> I find cygwin's setup.exe extremely difficult to understand, and over
the years I've used it, I have found it somewhat buggy (unless the
"bugs" I find are really just "features" that I don't understand).
The biggest question: why do myself and everyone else in my software
development group that I manage (as well as everyone else with whom I've
spoken over the years regarding cygwin) find cygwin's setup.exe so
perplexing?
One confusing thing that could be improved is to clearly label the
radio buttons as "Default Action:" and to change "Curr" to be something
like "Update" or "Latest". The very non-standard way that these
buttons interact with the list is confusing and every little bit of
help will help. A more standard way would be a selection-action
interface.
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