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 _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
