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Re: Rewrite of zsh-newuser-install

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From: Marlon Richert <marlon.richert@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: dana <dana@xxxxxxx>, Oliver Kiddle <opk@xxxxxxx>, Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Rewrite of zsh-newuser-install
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 21:24:16 +0200
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On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 8:58 PM Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > While I have no quantifiable evidence for this particular case, it is a general principle of modern UX Design to give the user good defaults, which they then can change later, rather than present them with lots of choices upfront.
>
> I have no quibble with this, but I've actually used the questionnaire
> myself to set up zsh on hosts from which I can't access the repository
> with my $ZDOTDIR.  I would be dismayed to have it completely thrown
> away/inaccessible.

Wouldn't it be even more convenient if the default config was good
enough that you wouldn't have to go through the questionnaire again?
:)

On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 8:58 PM Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 12:18 AM Marlon Richert
> <marlon.richert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > While I have no quantifiable evidence for this particular case, it is a general principle of modern UX Design to give the user good defaults, which they then can change later, rather than present them with lots of choices upfront.
>
> I have no quibble with this, but I've actually used the questionnaire
> myself to set up zsh on hosts from which I can't access the repository
> with my $ZDOTDIR.  I would be dismayed to have it completely thrown
> away/inaccessible.

References:
- Re: Rewrite of zsh-newuser-install
  - From: dana
- Re: Rewrite of zsh-newuser-install
  - From: Marlon Richert
- Re: Rewrite of zsh-newuser-install
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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