Make an easy trial install box
Make an easy trial install box
Posted Oct 27, 2015 20:19 UTC (Tue) by janiceh (guest, #105068)In reply to: Adobe EULA by martinwguy
Parent article: Two approaches to Flash
Demos like Wubi are bringing many disenchanted MS Windows desktop users over to GNU/Linux, because Wubi installs are so simple to try. I suggest using this same concept. Let users decide between two-click trial installs or regular installs of Free swfdec, Free gnash, the evil proprietary Adobe Flash, or none. Make a box "Choose How to Display Videos" that distributors can set up to load onto a freshly installed desktop. Click on the box and the window expands with the options and information. If the user clicks on Try Gnash, it and any dependent software that is not already installed is temporarily loaded. At the end of the test, the user can use the same box to either install or try another method. If it is too difficult due to having to deal with various software dependencies, most people are just going to continue to use Adobe Flash without giving freedomized open software a try.