RE: helix update program

[Gregory Leblanc <GLeblanc cu-portland edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olaf Grüttner [mailto:o.gruettner@tu-bs.de]
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 6:52 AM
> To: gnome
> Subject: helix update program
> 
> 
> I have downloaded the helix update program. It works, when I am
> connected to the Internet and working as root. If I am working as a
> user it will show me a message, saying that I have to be root to run
> it and quit. As root (not online) it will not show anything but a
> "cannot find database..." or something similar. 
> 
> This program is supposed to be userfriendly, which I don´t think it
> is. 
> 
> What do you think?

I think that the first error message is very user friendly.  It says this
isn't gonna work, try again.  The second is less friendly, because it
doesn't give you a list of possible things that could cause it.  Now if they
had an installer that wasn't Linux specific, I wouldn't be able to complain
at all.  :)
	Greg