Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:20:29 -0400
From: RUBEN FIGUEROA
To: ALL
Subject: Nav installer
Newsgroups: win.navigator
Message-ID: <1036424915.34.0@winserver.com>
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Hello Shane,
I still have not tested the new installer. What is the status of it?
Will it work with the custom version yet?
I don't think I made myself clear about it being user friendly. The installation
of WcNav is user friendly as long as it works. In
the past many times you had to jump through hoops getting it
installed. It has caused quite a few illegal operations in 95/98
conflicting with other systray items. Again this is the old one. Getting
a current browser (MSIE 5) configured to work with it is not at all a
user friendly operation.
WcNav itself has a lot of work needed on it as well. The message
client especially. I really don't know what your plans are for the users
interface for WINS 2000. I wish I did so I would know which way to
leap. Right now I am thinking of just using WcPPP and burning IE5 with
outlook on the cd's and ditching suport for the nav all together.
I agree with you that you shouldn't try to provide your own browser but whatever
we offer it should work hand in hand with the browser. Like
when a user clicks on a link in a message it should go there or if they
click on a mailto tag in the browser the message client should open.
Shane, we can have the best working server in the world but if the users
interface sucks that is how the product will be judged by the users. If
we can give them an awesome interface that is user friendly and works
then you will make headlines.
The IEAK does provide for creating autorun cd's that give a choice of
installation and looked like it will install 3rd party programs as well.
Tracy
-> What's not user friendly about it? It's a basic installation, with only
-> two questions, where to put it, and what to call the start menu for it,
-> both which are defaulted. If there is some usability issue with the
-> installer, please explain it so I can address it.
-> The only thing not built in to the installer is the web browser. The
-> reason for that is that most people are using 32 bit browsers at this
-> point, and some many updates/patches etc. are appearing for browsers at
-> this point, it's an item best left alone.
-> What I would suggest is getting some kind of autorun utility which lets
-> you build an autorun program, which you could build menu's in (like the
-> one we use on our cd), have a button for the web browser installer, the wcnav
-> installer, and instructions button to provide some basic
-> instructions, and maybe an 'about our company' button.
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