On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Stuart Edwards <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Sep 10, 2010, at 1:45 PM, Markus Neteler wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Stuart Edwards <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>>> As a suggestion, the /download/index page doesn't add much to the download 
>>> experience and may be a little confusing.
>>
>> Mhh, there is only one relevant link as per-operating system provided at
>> http://grass.osgeo.org/download/
>>
>> Why confusing? It may be so, please explain to make me understand.
>
> Sorry - poor explanation - if I'm at /download/, and then hit 'Software' in 
> the the menu to the left, I find myself at /download/index.php which is the 
> same screen so until I spot the 'other platforms' link in the center orange 
> box I'm stuck. (This is OS X / Safari behavior)

ah, interesting, so...

> The orange box in the center looks to a casual user as if it is the Mac 
> download box - maybe we need to give some more prominence to the other 
> binaries by name in this box?

apparently there is a browser recognition problem. Can you please
send me a screenshot off-list? The Safari simulators out there do not
work right now (I'm on Linux).

>>>  Perhaps the download link should go directly to the /download/software.php 
>>> page?
>>
>>> From newcomers I got lots of feedback to avoid the complex table
>> as landing page... so I made the "new" one (some months old).
>
> but doesn't it just lead to the same place and require the user to make the 
> same analysis of their needs?

This is what I exactly wanted to avoid :) It should be pretty straightforward
as it is intended for Windows and Linux users.

> Not a big deal in the grand scheme of all the great work done on GRASS.

Still it should be solved! The easier the better IMHO.

Markus
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