[tex-live] Is the TeX Live 2018 installer (for Windows) considerably slower than previous years

[Siep Kroonenberg]

On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 11:07:00PM +0900, Norbert Preining wrote:
> Hi Phil,
> 
> That was a decision taken by Siep in accordance with UI studies she
> took. I cannot comment on that.

This design allows a directory browser.

This matters especially for people with localized versions of
windows. For example, in explorer, the `Users' directory may be
represented as 'Gebruikers', and users may not be aware that that is
not the actual name. The browser alway returns the actual name.

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Siep Kroonenberg