76859 - Full installer incorrectly refers to `download' and `most common options'

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

Build: 2001041908, Mac OS 9.1

To reproduce:
*   Run the Mozilla full installer.
*   Click `Continue' to get past the welcome screen, and `Accept' to accept the
    license.
*   Read the descriptive text for the `Typical install'.

What it says:
*   `Installs the most common options. Quickest to download; recommended for
    most users.'

What's wrong with this:
*   It doesn't install the most common options, it installs *all* of the
    options.
*   It doesn't `download' anything, leading to confusion about whether the user
    (a) got the wrong installer by mistake, (b) needs to be connected to the
    Internet to install Mozilla, and/or (c) needs to take download speed into
    account when deciding what to install.

Comment 1

[Samir Gehani]

Over to Syd for installer bug triage

Comment 2

[dcary]

I see that bug 126201 describes the same confusion on the Windows side.

Comment 3

[Frankie]

Quoth Steve Dagley: "The Mac installer code was never Carbonized and there is no
intention to ever change that."

http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=yahoo_com-77F6E8.09344011022003%40h-204-29-187-156.netscape.com
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=avkj4k%24ihs2%40ripley.netscape.com

Comment 4

[K'Trina Medina]

Verified wontfix