[arachne] Re: how much work will users do?

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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:34:16 -0500 (EST), ewalt@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!

> Ray,

> Glenn knows the truth about how lazy users are. If you want people
> to use your distro then the wizards must work.

But if someone has persevered over a long time to get Arachne to work
just the way (s)he wants it to, then loses the setup (as happened to me
in a disk crash) being left with only the install file, (s)he is going
to remember that it took one heck of a lot of fiddlin' to get it to
work, and may not be inclined to go through it all again.

> Also, please just choose a default packet driver and set things up
> for that. Mostly we don't need a choice. Don't tell me about "special"
> situations and exceptions. You guys should choose a default.

> People who need or want to fiddle around with editing files can always
> do so--but if you want people to use Arachne, make it simple and easy
> to use.

I gotta agree with that.


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