Slim UI Roadmap

NSI User Interface Roadmap - Slim

 The following is a proposal, subject to review and agreement with engineering. Some October features may be pushed to March due to time constraints.

Last edited: 9/21/07 by: Frank Ludolph

October UI Deliverables

Required

1. Remove Installer language window. Installer will run in LiveCD system language.
2. Replace Sun branding with OpenSolaris branding
3. Welcome screen: Disable Upgrade option; add note about availability in March
4. Disks (install)
   1* Disable partition management - No partition creation or resizing
   1* ZFS only - no UFS support
   1* Single ZFS disk/partition target. Mirror disks added post-install.
   1* Defaults used for all ZFS pool and dataset names and file system layout.
5. Lanugage screen: Hide for this release as there are no language support option.
6. Progress screen: Replace Sun messages w/ OpenSolaris messages.

Desired: some items may slip to March (* higher priority)

1. * Disks (install): Display Solaris environments in a Solaris partition
2. * Users: Disable pasting into password fields (UIRB TCA 5.5)
3. * Confirmation (install): Display install size info (UIRB TCR 3.6)
4. Progress: Enabled Quit button that won't 'brick' a whole disk
5. Bug fixes:
   1. 6578676 NSI-gui can not get disk vendor name on some machines
   2. 6583016 NSI-GUI build_054 initial install, disk page, boot disk icon not marked while in upgrade page it is
   3. Other bugs marked for b70a/b that don't make it into SXDE 9/07

March UI Deliverables

Required

1. Boot: "What Language" for desktop and apps; adjacent to keyboard questio
2. Welcome: Re-enable Upgrade option (Snap upgrade available)
3. Disks (install)
   1* Re-enable partition management - Solaris partition creation and resizing
4. Disks (upgrade)
   1. Replace the disk icons with the same icons used on the Disks (install) screen.
   2. Sort non-upgradeable Solaris environments below upgradeable one (within a disk) (UIRB TCA 5.3)
5. UFS-ZFS conversion when upgrading.
   1. Use installer's default dataset naming conventions.
   2. DSR-style "backup"
6. Language sreen: Unhide (assuming there will be language support options)
   Desired:(* higher priority)
   1. Software selection
      1. Gross level: desktop/server/minimal (Welcome screen)
      2. Override default network repository
   2. * Accessibility
      1. Theme compatibility (requires visual design changes and possible Nimbus changes)
      2. Orca screen reader
      3. GOK
   3. Enhancements
      1. Disks (install):
         1. * Recognize Extended and possibly other partition types
         2. * Fdisk Partitioning tool called from, or integrated into, installer
         3. * Option to preserve existing BEs (ZFS only)
         4. Recognize and deal with multiple Solaris partitions
      2. Disks (install and upgrade): Provide a means to re-scan for newly attached/active disks.
      3. Time zone
         1. * World map to set computer location (time zone and locale defaults)
         2. Time, date, and time zone defaults set from the network
      4. Confirmation: possible switch to "tabbed" view with several fully defaulted screens moving to tabs
      5. Progress: Provide more fine-grained feedback, perhaps as an option. (UIRB TCA 5.8, CR 6584094)
   4. Bug fixes:
      1. 6579027 GUI for upgrade space check