Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 30 Jan 2003 19:53:03 +0100 | From | Lars 'Cebewee' Noschinski <> | Subject | Re: Scaring the non-geeks (was Bootscreen) |
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Roy wrote: [Bootscreen] > I don't know about you, but most non-technical people DO NOT LIKE verbose > messages they can't understand. My father was scared by the linux bootup when > I installed Linux on their PC. I beleive most non-techies like the 'windows > is now hopefully starting' screen. It shields the info they don't want. > > So please - don't scare the 'normal' people with (in their eyes) verbose crap.
Till Windows Me, every Windows user got textmode messages at boot time. And they survived it.
-- CU Lars
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