Urgent wording change needed for setup.exe

Max Bowsher maxb@ukf.net
Sat Nov 20 17:21:00 GMT 2004


Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 03:05:35PM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote:
>> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> For the next setup release, can we change "Download from Internet" to
>>> "Download from Internet Without Installing"?
>>
>> Agreed - how about "Download Only - Do Not Install", though?  I think
>> that is a bit more attention grabbing, and "from Internet" is just a
>> bit redundant!
>
> I thought the internet was redundant, too, but I thought if I didn't
> include the word "internet" someone would insist that it was needed.
>
> I think that "do not install" is misleading, though.  It gives the
> impression that the files should not be installed.  Isn't "Download
> Without Installing" adequate?

It's slightly less emphatic to my mind, but yes, it is adequate, so that's 
what I'll commit.

Max.



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