Ubiquity should suggest connecting to a wireless network earlier

[Evertjan Garretsen]

During the install of Ubuntu (on a notebook) a screen comes up with 3 checks

- a check for minimum required disk space
- a check if connected to power
- a check for an internet connection

That is nice although when someone is not connected to an internet connection, i think the 3rd option should contain a button with setup wireless internet connection (or even a setup cabled connection) maybe an blue info button or question button that explains how to connect using a cabled an most importantly a wireless connection.

Now if no internetconnection is present a user will hesitate to click next because one of the checks fails. I think we cannot assume the user knows that he or she has to click the network icon in the top right corner.

The strange thing is that when an user goes to the next screen suddenly a dialog pops up to connect to an internetconnection. In my opinion this screen should appear earlier, or the other suggestion should be implemented.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-10.10-generic 3.5.1
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 15 19:12:51 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

As per current Installer Design specification [0] the plan is to move network setup to be the first page after the welcome screen.

[0] http://goo.gl/Kokw5

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 955232, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.