Third-party software option is confusing and misleading
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubiquity
The para before the third party option is very misleading and confusing.
It mentions "software to display Flash" , "other media"(?) , "wireless hardware" ..
and then later the install option is "Install *this* third-party software" which *only* references the Fluendo MP3 plugin. why not just mention the name?
Why are we referencing the other media,wireless options when we dont install those?
And reference to wireless might be unnecessary if the desktop does not have any wireless cards.
It's better to reword para appropriately to just mention an intro about third-party and closed source nature of those packages.
And reword the option
[ ] "Install Fluendo MP3 plugin, a third-party software"
"includes MPEG .... Thomson"
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MPT suggests: [comment #14]
A: Remove the border and background from the three "For best results, please ensure that this computer:" points. With the space saved by doing that, add separators on either side of "Download updates while installing", to make it more obvious that the following sentences apply to the "Install…" checkbox and not to the "Download updates while installing" checkbox.
C: Change "Fluendo MP3 plugin includes MPEG Layer-3 audio…" to "Includes Fluendo MP3 plugin with MPEG Layer-3 audio…".
Probably there are other possibilities. If no-one can think of any, though, I suggest trying A and C but not B.
tags: | added: natty |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
milestone: | none → nt7-potpourri |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
assignee: | nobody → Chris Wilson (notgary) |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Chris Wilson (notgary) |
tags: | added: patch |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
summary: |
- Third-party software option during installation is unfortunately worded + Third-party software option is confusing |
description: | updated |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
assignee: | Chris Wilson (notgary) → nobody |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Chris Wilson (notgary) → nobody |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | In Progress → Triaged |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Confirmed |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | Triaged → Confirmed |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
milestone: | nt7-potpourri → papercuts-s-ubiquity |
tags: |
added: precise removed: natty |
Does ubiquity already detect the necessary available third-party software?, or do we now only have permissions for installing Fluendo MP3 plugin.