Re: Installer UI advices

[Jesse Ross]

> > OTOH, telling them that there is a disk (which to most users is a 
> > physical medium or device in their computer) inside a file, will 
> > confuse them, because it mixes the concept of files and physical 
> > storage media.
>
> Since it's easy to handle (just double-click), they will learn quickly.
>
> > Why would I eject a file?
>
> You don't eject the file, you eject the volume which happens to reside 
> in a file. This is the same as handling a physical media, i.e. a CD.

I think the confusion here for end users is that the volume that comes 
from the DMG looks just like an external hard drive, and even has to be 
"ejected" like an external hard drive, when it's certainly not 
something physical they can eject. Make DMG volumes look more like 
packages, and allow the user to throw them in the trash when they are 
done with them, just as with a PKG, and you solve the consistency 
issues. From a technical point of view, it can be handled exactly as it 
is now -- it's the visual metaphors that need to change. A user 
shouldn't look at his desktop/file manager/wherever his drives are 
contained, and see this non-physical physical looking volume. It's a 
very confusing concept to teach a new user. That, and having to 
Command-E a non-physical volume when I know that it's a file I want to 
delete (Command-Delete), is strange and still trips me up when I'm in 
work mode and not thinking about it.


J.