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Re: Setup.exe "Keep mode" bug

On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 03:07:17PM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote:
>Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>The setup version currently on the Cygwin web site exhibits the following
>>behavior: in "Keep" mode, it was impossible to select the new version of
>>the Cygwin package for the upgrade.
>
>I'm somehow not surprised. Those horribly twiddly-cycle controls in setup 
>are distressingly buggy. I've been speculating on how to change them into 
>drop-down lists.

I sent in a proposal for how I thought this should be handled years ago.
I wonder if I can find it.

I thought the twiddly things were cool when DJ first implemented them but
I can see now that they are very unintuitive for most people.

cgf
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