Windows 10: The installation interface has been updated

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  1. Posts : 19,516
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       #40

    BunnyJ said:
    Right, windows had that for some time.. I think just about forever.
    :)

    Jeff
    That would be function of the installation program. Many use "off the shelf" installation/uninstallation programs to install their software. I would like best if windows would have full verbose installation.
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  2. Posts : 22,740
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       #41

    CountMike said:
    That would be function of the installation program. Many use "off the shelf" installation/uninstallation programs to install their software. I would like best if windows would have full verbose installation.

    Thanks for the clarification Mike. :)
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  3. Posts : 19,516
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       #42

    BunnyJ said:
    Thanks for the clarification Mike. :)
    One example: Inno Setup
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  4. Posts : 7,128
    Windows 10 Pro Insider
       #43

    I think Cliff S is saying that's the type of screen he wants to see when installing Windows 10. I would prefer a screen like that also. The spinning dots don't tell you anything.
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  5. Posts : 19,516
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       #44

    The old way and way Linux does it is totally verbose, line by line as it's being installed with dots behind the line that show progress of that file.
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  6. Posts : 7,128
    Windows 10 Pro Insider
       #45

    When I install a program or even the OS I like to know what's going on. IMO if a problem arises it just may help to fix it if you know where in the install the problem happened.
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       #46

    CountMike said:
    The old way and way Linux does it is totally verbose, line by line as it's being installed with dots behind the line that show progress of that file.
    Arch has a little icon of the 1980's pacman video game character that plods along the dots eating them up. Actually it is just the capital and minuscule letter "C" but that is still pretty cool.

    Windows 10: The installation interface has been updated-ilovecandy.png
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  8. Posts : 19,516
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       #47

    adamf said:
    Arch has a little icon of the 1980's pacman video game character that plods along the dots eating them up. Actually it is just the capital and minuscule letter "C" but that is still pretty cool.

    Windows 10: The installation interface has been updated-ilovecandy.png
    I love it.
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  9. Lee
    Posts : 4,793
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       #48

    Pickie, Pickie, . . .:)
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  10. Posts : 1,811
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       #49

    TechnoMage said:
    When I used to write little programs to do stuff that would take some time, I always printed to the screen some little message like "Don't touch me! I'm busy!" or "Working!" so the user wouldn't get antsy about what was going on.

    It doesn't take a lot of programming to let the user know that the program is still running, and to NOT start pressing keys.

    Why that doesn't occur to so many programmers, is beyond comprehension.
    The "old way" of doing things goes against the modern design trend of hiding as much as possible from the user (information, controls, system status, options, etc.).

    I also suspect that "modern" programmers have zero training in UI design.
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