- USB STARTUP DISK CREATOR UPDATE
- USB STARTUP DISK CREATOR ISO
- USB STARTUP DISK CREATOR DOWNLOAD
Change the visual appearance of the download row title as in the mock-up to allow better distinction bettwen the two row types.
USB STARTUP DISK CREATOR ISO
Create a new row in the distribution ISO list, showing a download bar and a cancel button. The user has selected a distribution and clicked on the Download image button. Set the drop-down defaults to $MY_DISTRO, 64-Bit and the latest LTS or to the daily build of $MY_DISTRO, if the Show daily builds option has been set in the preferences. The Operating System drop-down should show the size of the download to the right of the distribution name, but only for the open drop-down list, not after the selection has been made. Highlight the last LTS from $MY_DISTRO or the daily build of $MY_DISTRO, if the Show daily builds option has been set in the preferences. Download the newest list of available ISOs from the Net and, if available, a small distribution description for all entries. I think that 300 ms is too short time for ageing computers Įxtra space on the stick for user files. USB STARTUP DISK CREATOR UPDATE
If some of the search methods return, but not all within 300ms, show the main view and update the UI when the remaining methods have finished (in most cases find will be the slowest). If locate, Zeitgeist and find return before 300ms → show the main view. Mouse-over an ISO row should show the months / years of support left for the distribution.ģ00ms should be enough to find ISOs on the user system and not to slow down the application startup too much ( locate takes on my system 20ms to return).
No ISO found, but Internet available → open the download view.Įlse (no Internet and no local ISO) → open the error view, make the Download image button non-clickable.Ī right click on a ISO row should allow the user to open the folder containing the ISO file (nice litle gimmick) and to delete it. If a valid ISO is found in max 300ms, open the main view (mock-up below).Īuto-select the latest LTS - if present - or the newest release of $MY_DISTRO.Ĭheck if a USB stick is available, if yes make the Make Startup USB button clickable. Run locate, Zeitgeist and find to find ISOs (search with find in the $ISO_AND_DL_DIR). It is also very important to show very clearly which is the target device, when there are more than one (more than one USB device, not only when other devices are displayed and possible to select. 
It is worth considering in the general mockup. I have used that feature not only in Virtualbox.
Unetbootin has an option/toggle to show also other devices (with a warning), not only USB. If there is none, display a warning instead of the drop-down.
Auto-detect all connected USB sticks and display them on the drop-down. If the SDC needs to download an image it should use something like zsync -i path-to-existing-iso url-new-iso.zsync to download only a bin-diff if there is another ISO already available → faster download + bandwidth gets saved. Use locate, Zeitgeist, find or whatever, but find the ISOs for the user (remember: only the ISOs of Ubuntu versions that get updates and its official derivates). Also already downloaded and supported ISOs should be auto-detected without any user interaction. The SDC should be able to download with a few clicks all current Ubuntu ISOs that get support updates as well as the ISOs of Ubuntu official derivates. The first barrier to remove is the need to find and download a Ubuntu ISO image. The aim should be to allow the creation of a startup USB without the need to leave the program (to download an ISO), with the lowest amount of user interaction (clicks), in the most polished way. 
It should be really easy to create a startup USB stick, therefore the SDC should automate as many tasks as possible and hide all non-essential or technical information from the user. The SDC is kind of a semi-public face of Ubuntu and an important tool to spread it, therefore it should be as straightforward and simple to use as possible – some people even don't have an optical drive anymore. The SDC in its current form has a suboptimal work flow, displays too much unimportant information to the user and requires too many steps to actually create a startup USB stick. Why the Startup Disk Creator (SDC) schould be redesigned Startup Disk Creator redesign & renaming proposal
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