Joseph J VLcek wrote: > I would like to share my experience downloading OpenSolaris, Ubuntu and > Fedora. > > Recently a group of us evaluated Linux live media installs. In > downloading Ubuntu and Fedora it seemed to me that their websites were > more concise and targeted at users that wanted to download the Live > Media to install on a desktop. > > In contrast the opensolaris page seems to have a lot more information, > that seems to be, less valuable to the desktop user who simply wants to > download OpenSolaris Live Media. > > Ubuntu and Fedora both have an easy to find big icon to "Begin Download" > or "Download Now". > > There is a checksum for a global image on the Opensolaris download page > but if one does a text search of the page for "global" a description of > what the "global" image is for is not easily evident. > > More sophisticated users and those that want to contribute are more > likely to be willing to drill down into the OpenSolaris web site. > However those that may want to simply download and try OpenSolaris on > there desktop may not be. > > I think it might be valuable to evaluate having the OpenSolaris page > focus on the desktop user that wants to download and install OSOL. > Having a "Download" buttom on the www.opensolaris.org page might help. > The small "Download" disk icon at the top may not be obvious to some. > > These are just my thoughts from my experiences attempting to view this > as a new user. > > I realize a lot of thought went into the OpenSolaris site and I > appreciate that. I only share these thought in an attempt to help > improve the user experience. >
I think your feedback is important and useful, but I would point out that opensolaris.com is the primary outlet for the distribution, not opensolaris.org. I think its design (while imperfect to be sure) is somewhat more oriented at the end-users that we're trying to reach. Dave
