Re: One click installer a bit bare? - Mailing list pgsql-www

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 16:10, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Guillaume Lelarge
>> <guillaume@lelarge.info> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 15:59 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 15:58, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
>>>> > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>>>> >> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote:
>>>> >>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.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)
>>
>> Yeah, though the artwork is somewhat more subtle now. The important
>> stuff on the right is the same.
>
> I'd still like to see the whole thing before I comment ;) Even better
> if it has one of the suggested changed already, but without is fine as
> well. Otherwise, I'll be happy to leave it to others to comment :D

We don't have it yet, nor will we for a few days at least I expect.

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