Web installer: features to implement?

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Which feature should be implemented in the web installer?

Manual selection of the mirror to download from
1
20%
Automatic probing of the fastest mirror (requires extra bandwidth)
3
60%
Either is fine with me, but I would like to see one of them implemented
0
No votes
There is no need for either of those, don't waste your time!
1
20%
 
Total votes: 5

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Web installer: features to implement?

Post by Moonchild » 2012-01-14, 20:03

I'm wondering which of these features would be best to implement in the web installer. One gives more control, the other more automation (but also a bit more network traffic to test speeds) - always a difficult trade-off...
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Re: Web installer: features to implement?

Post by megaman » 2012-01-14, 20:50

The only thing they need to do is to find out which one is the better location, if manual is an option that becomes implemented.

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Re: Web installer: features to implement?

Post by Moonchild » 2012-01-14, 21:17

For manual I can always extract the main domain and present that as a choice. That should give users a hint as to what is what.
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Re: Web installer: features to implement?

Post by Greenboyb1 » 2012-04-10, 21:30

I think that the automatic is better because it speeds up the load time.