On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Ben Armstrong wrote: > You mean the "Download Debian 6.0" button on the home page?
Yep. > I haven't heard from Denny if that's how he obtained it, but the button is > quite > clear as to what the image is (i.e. does not contain the word "live"). I > still believe it's the best choice. It's much smaller than the live > images and so is quick to download, and handles a much broader range of > install scenarios than the live images. Yeah, its tricky. >> * The install images don't have any information pointing at our >> live images. > > That's an interesting idea, but where would that go? In the help at the > boot menu? Yeah, either that or a menu item in the boot menu, which might be more visible. >> * Probably most desktop users will want to check out Debian on >> live images before installing it. > > Possibly. It's a tradeoff. If you just want to get started installing > Debian as quickly as possible, the live image is not the way to go. True. > Also, as indicated on http://www.debian.org/CD/live/ there are > limitations to the live images, such as not having a full set of > language support packages. Before using a live image, you need to read > those and decide if it's going to work for you or not. So a link > directly to a live image is not appropriate (not to mention the fact > that there's no single multiarch 32/64 bit image for live ... yet). Hmm, complicated problem this one. > A link at the bottom of the home page directly to "Live install" in the > "Getting Debian" column? (Sadly, that would mar the perfectly aligned > bottom margin of those columns, but a small sacrifice that may be worth it.) A "Download Debian Live 6.0" link on the front page might work. >> On the other hand I guess the web team had a reason to point the >> download link on the front page directly to an installer image. > > I think having a single click to download the installer is a great > improvement over the long, confusing click-path we had before. I guess I agree there. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caktje6evygg75n6pugj-9shy6kgdccx0rnv-cvj-6hyp-qu...@mail.gmail.com
