Finish page cancel button

[kichik]

Currently, the MUI enables the cancel button on the finish page, if it contains checkboxes. If the user clicks the cancel button, the checkboxes are ignored. Some users, including bug report #1267491 (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1267491&group_id=22049&atid=373085), have complained and said this might confuse the user.

In a way, it does make sense to have the cancel button enabled. It's a much more convenient way to skip whatever the finish page has to offer. Be it running an application, showing a web page or even restarting, hitting cancel is quicker than unchecking boxes and changing radio button selections.

However, it might be confusing, making the user think he has a chance to cancel the installation, even though the finish page says the installation was completed.

So, what do you think?

[Pidgeot]

I voted "Never", because I think it will be very difficult to explain on the button caption that it quits the installer, ignoring the checked boxes. I'm all for the last option if anyone has a good idea, though.

[iceman_k]

Change the Cancel button label to "Skip"?

[Pidgeot]

The average computer-illiterate user might not understand what there is to skip.

[iceman_k]

Maybe then add a line on the finish page telling them to press the Skip button to ignore the finish checkbox options?

[Joost Verburg]

That makes things more difficult for the user. The pages should be as simple as possible.

[iceman_k]

What do other installers do? Let's just do the same- that way at least NSIS is as confusing (or clear) as the standard.

[Comm@nder21]

voted for "Never" as it is very handy but unusual and most users wont understand it.

i think we have the time to uncheck checkboxes.

what about adding a define to let coders choose if they want the additional button or not?

[Animaether]

I'm all for a define myself... in lieu of coders adding the 2-3 lines of code required to make changes manually. Changing the caption of the button / disabling it / hiding it isn't rocket science - it would just have to be documented.

[Joost Verburg]

I'd prefer a consistent behavior for all installers. If users get different things for different installers it becomes even more complex. Looking at the votes and the behavior of other installers, I think it should be disabled.

[bhaelochon]

I did some (admittedly limited) testing with some other installers; here's what I encountered:

Wise (Ad-Aware SE Personal): disables Cancel button
InstallShield (MS AntiSpyware): disables Cancel button
<No branding text> (SpyBot S&D): hides Cancel button
Inno Setup (itself): hides Cancel button

So I think my vote is to never enable the Cancel button on the Finish page.

[goldy1064]

My two cents is that QA at my company told me to hide the Cancel button since it would most likely be confusing to the average user.

[iceman_k]

I think we have a winner- just hide the darn thing.

[goldy1064]

Maybe it should be hidden by default and then there can be a !define MUI_FINISHPAGE_CANCEL_SHOW to show it.

[JasonFriday13]

In my UI, I have it so that the cancel button is always disabled. BTW, the first full version of InstallSpider should be out sometime this week, just have to finish writing the docs :( (which will take awhile because of all the new macros I have added to the UI).

[donovaly]

I also vote for "never" because this is in any case confusing. I got some emails from users of my installer who mentioned this.

[Theresias]

May I ask what happened to this? Was there any change that I missed to get rid of the cancel button?

[CrushBug]

Yeah, I am very curious, too, as I have closed a bug as WNF for this.

[Joost Verburg]

I remember a part of the solution was a synchronization between the Close (X) and Cancel button. That still has to be implemented.

[CrushBug]

Cheers, Joost. :)

[kichik]

Finally implemented. The X button is now disabled when the Cancel button is disabled and the finish page has the Cancel button disabled by default. MUI_FINISHPAGE_CANCEL_ENABLED can be defined to restore the old behavior.

[Brummelchen]

thx