Results 1 to 3 of 3

Thread: Suggestion and mockup: Klik installer

  1. #1
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Posts
    3

    Suggestion and mockup: Klik installer

    Hello,

    I've made a small Klik installer mockup that can be found here http://www.geocities.com/reflash8435...uggestion.html

    Please let me know what do you think.

    SnOp

  2. #2
    Senior Member registered user
    Join Date
    Feb 2003
    Location
    Germany
    Posts
    1,159
    Hi SnOp,

    thanks for your creative ideas. As you might know, klik doesn't "install" anything. It just produces cmg files that do not need to be installed and can be placed in any location you want.

    klik is designed to have no need to be configured/ask questions. It should work by just clicking "OK" - that's all the user should be asked. Hence, klik should have as little interface as neccessary.

    Advanced users are free to move cmg files to other locations, e.g. /opt.

    Please also keep in mind that klik must run on KDE, GNOME, and pure shell - using the respective native user interface.

    So in summary, I don't think a GUI like the one you suggested will be neccessary and possible anytime soon.

    Greetings,
    probono

  3. #3
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Posts
    3
    thanks for your creative ideas. As you might know, klik doesn't "install" anything. It just produces cmg files that do not need to be installed and can be placed in any location you want.
    Well it does, in fact, install an application even if it's "just" a cmg file. You may think on this kind of gui as a .klikrc configurator more than an installer. Most users will want to choose where to install the files and keep this settings for future usage. Introducing a .klikrc file is needed, from my point of view, but it's not useful if that's not easly dicoverable/editable (specially for not so advanced users).

    klik is designed to have no need to be configured/ask questions. It should work by just clicking "OK" - that's all the user should be asked. Hence, klik should have as little interface as neccessary.
    Installation would be "one klik away". Instead of pressing the first "OK" in the current dialog people would press "Install". The difference would be that when pressing "Install" people would know where the application will be installed and wheter or not it would be executed. It's too intrusive IMHO to execute an application without asking the user at least.

    Please also keep in mind that klik must run on KDE, GNOME, and pure shell - using the respective native user interface.
    That's right. In fact this dialog just will show in case of a user running KDE. For Gnome/Xfce users a GTK+ version could be made. But, anyway, the current scripts (.klik and so on) should be used in case the installer can't be found.

    So in summary, I don't think a GUI like the one you suggested will be neccessary and possible anytime soon.
    I must agree with you. Perhaps is too soon to introduce a gui like this for klik. But it would be great for distributions who aim for a more polished desktop experience.

    Keep up with the good work.

    SnOp

Similar Threads

  1. phpbb suggestion
    By hunkychop in forum Ideas
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 05-19-2007, 05:35 AM
  2. Replies: 3
    Last Post: 12-10-2006, 09:45 PM
  3. Replies: 3
    Last Post: 05-06-2006, 05:19 PM
  4. suggestion: dmidecode, mtx
    By apb25 in forum Ideas
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 03-14-2005, 09:30 PM
  5. Replies: 210
    Last Post: 12-04-2004, 03:04 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  


~DAILY DEALZ ~ Apple Mac Pro: Intel Xeon 32GB RAM 1TB SSD 1 Year Warranty picture

~DAILY DEALZ ~ Apple Mac Pro: Intel Xeon 32GB RAM 1TB SSD 1 Year Warranty

$284.99



CSE-118 Supermicro 1U 3x GPU Server  2.1Ghz 16-C 128GB CX353A 2x1600W PSU Rails picture

CSE-118 Supermicro 1U 3x GPU Server 2.1Ghz 16-C 128GB CX353A 2x1600W PSU Rails

$450.03



Dell R730xd 12LFF 2.6Ghz 20-C 128GB H730 2x10G+2x1G NIC 2x1100W 12x Trays Rails picture

Dell R730xd 12LFF 2.6Ghz 20-C 128GB H730 2x10G+2x1G NIC 2x1100W 12x Trays Rails

$721.05



Dell PowerEdge R640 Server 2x Gold 6150 2.70Ghz 36-Core 256GB 2x 960GB SSD H730P picture

Dell PowerEdge R640 Server 2x Gold 6150 2.70Ghz 36-Core 256GB 2x 960GB SSD H730P

$1737.25



Intel Xeon E5-2690V2 3.00GHz 10-Core (SR1A5) Processor CPU READ DESCRIPTION picture

Intel Xeon E5-2690V2 3.00GHz 10-Core (SR1A5) Processor CPU READ DESCRIPTION

$12.00



Intel Xeon Gold 6138 2.0GHz 27.5MB 20-Core 125W LGA3647 SR3B5 picture

Intel Xeon Gold 6138 2.0GHz 27.5MB 20-Core 125W LGA3647 SR3B5

$46.00



Intel Xeon E5-2697 V4 2.30 GHz 18C 2011-3 2400MHz 45MB 145W SR2JV CPU Processor picture

Intel Xeon E5-2697 V4 2.30 GHz 18C 2011-3 2400MHz 45MB 145W SR2JV CPU Processor

$49.99



CM8066002031501 INTEL XEON E5-2680V4 2.40GHZ 35MB 14-CORE 120W PROCESSOR picture

CM8066002031501 INTEL XEON E5-2680V4 2.40GHZ 35MB 14-CORE 120W PROCESSOR

$19.95



HP Workstation Z640 2x Xeon E5-2623V4 32GB Ram 512 SSD Quadro K420 Linux GA picture

HP Workstation Z640 2x Xeon E5-2623V4 32GB Ram 512 SSD Quadro K420 Linux GA

$243.59



HP Z800 Workstation 2x Xeon X5675 3.06Ghz 12-Cores  96gb  256gb SSD  2Tb  Win10 picture

HP Z800 Workstation 2x Xeon X5675 3.06Ghz 12-Cores 96gb 256gb SSD 2Tb Win10

$269.99