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= LiveUsbCreator facelift =


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The live-usb-creator tool is improved with a new design, and weill become a more representative 'first point of contact'


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* Last updated: 17-04-2015
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== Detailed Description ==
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The live-usb-creator tool is being rewritten according to a new design. The goal is to present a more polished UI and give the user more information
about the various install options before doing the actual installation. At the same time, we want to make this tool the primary download option on
the website, so new users get directed towards the most polished and least error-prone way to create a live USB from which they can try or install
Fedora.


== Benefit to Fedora ==
== Benefit to Fedora ==


The live-usb-creator tool is the first 'point of contact' for new Fedora users. Making it look polished, modern and easy-to-use makes these users
 
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* Complete the rewrite of the tool and merge the code changes back upstream (Martin is working on this with Luke Macken)
* Ensure that we have reasonable translation coverage for the tool
 
* Other developers: nothing to do
 
* Marketing + design:
* Provide images and text to describe the available Fedora images in the tool [[https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/197 marketing ticket]] [[https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/360 design ticket]]


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The live-usb-creator tool is helping with new installations. Existing installations are not affected.
 
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N/A (not a System Wide Change)


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The design for live-usb-creator can be found [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/USB-boot-creator/usb-boot-creator-degnomified.png here]].
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* Contingency mechanism: If the live-usb-creator changes are not complete in time, we will keep the getfedora.org pages as they are now, offering the isos as the primary download.
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Revision as of 16:03, 17 April 2015


LiveUsbCreator facelift

Summary

The live-usb-creator tool is improved with a new design, and weill become a more representative 'first point of contact'

Owner

  • Name: Matthias Clasen, Martin Briza
  • Email: mclasen@redhat.com
  • Release notes owner:

Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora 23
  • Last updated: 17-04-2015
  • Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

The live-usb-creator tool is being rewritten according to a new design. The goal is to present a more polished UI and give the user more information about the various install options before doing the actual installation. At the same time, we want to make this tool the primary download option on the website, so new users get directed towards the most polished and least error-prone way to create a live USB from which they can try or install Fedora.

Benefit to Fedora

The live-usb-creator tool is the first 'point of contact' for new Fedora users. Making it look polished, modern and easy-to-use makes these users feel welcome and encourages them to try Fedora.

Scope

  • Proposal owners:
* Complete the rewrite of the tool and merge the code changes back upstream (Martin is working on this with Luke Macken)
* Ensure that we have reasonable translation coverage for the tool
  • Other developers: nothing to do
  • Marketing + design:
* Provide images and text to describe the available Fedora images in the tool [marketing ticket] [design ticket]
  • Design:
* Make the live-usb-creator a prominent download option on getfedora.org
  • Release engineering: nothing to do
  • Policies and guidelines: no changes required

Upgrade/compatibility impact

The live-usb-creator tool is helping with new installations. Existing installations are not affected.

How To Test

  1. Go to getfedora.org
  2. Observe that the live-usb-creator is offered prominently
  3. Download it
  4. Use the tool on windows to create a live USB using the F22 workstation
  5. Verify that the created live USB works
  6. Repeat the same on OS X
  7. Repeat the same on Fedora
  8. Also try creating live USBs with some of the other available images

User Experience

The design for live-usb-creator can be found [here].

Dependencies

No dependencies.

Contingency Plan

  • Contingency mechanism: If the live-usb-creator changes are not complete in time, we will keep the getfedora.org pages as they are now, offering the isos as the primary download.
  • Contingency deadline: beta freeze
  • Blocks release? No
  • Blocks product? No

Documentation

No documentation. The Fedora [installation guide] does not currently mention live-usb-creator.

Release Notes

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