The page is pretty, OS-specified detection is nice. There are two problems I have:
1) It's not clear to me, from discussions that I see, that HP is what the community wants. I would like some kind of survey of what people are actually using and wanting in practice. Authors don't support the platform, newbie users aren't using it (even Windows users seem to be using MinGHC alone) and it seems difficult to find any intermediate-expert Haskeller using it, and its choice of packages for inclusion still appears to be outdated. Did any of these things change, to justify replacing the whole Downloads page with HP with a straight face? Put another way, if I take credit (in part) of the site's design, I should be able to justify every part of it. 2) I'd prefer that you remove the "Other downloads" part, in any case. We shouldn't present two conflicting alternatives. It may accurately reflect the disagreements between those with commit bit to the site, but the web site should project a single vision (there's a reason “design by committee” is a pejorative). Minor point: the color of the top bar isn't right, should match the other sub-pages: https://www.haskell.org/downloads Ciao! On 25 June 2015 at 01:17, Mark Lentczner <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm forwarding this for Erik, who isn't (yet) on this list, so can't post to > it. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Erik Rantapaa" <[email protected]> > Date: Jun 24, 2015 11:10 AM > Subject: new Haskell Platform look > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: "Mark Lentczner" <[email protected]>, "Wasif Hasan Baig" > <[email protected]>, "Ben Gamari" <[email protected]> > > Hi everyone, > > I and other volunteers have been helping Mark Lentczner to update the way > the Haskell Platform is presented on haskell.org. > > We have a design idea and would like to get your feedback. > > You can view what we have in mind at: > > http://45.55.156.136:3200 > > This is a haskell.org server - the only modification is with the "Downloads" > menu item which brings you to the new Downloads page. > > One feature of the new Downloads page is that should automatically detect > your OS and present the downloads for your OS as the first option. > > Please try it out, and we would appreciate hearing from you! > > Erik > > > _______________________________________________ > haskell-infrastructure mailing list > [email protected] > http://community.galois.com/mailman/listinfo/haskell-infrastructure > _______________________________________________ haskell-infrastructure mailing list [email protected] http://community.galois.com/mailman/listinfo/haskell-infrastructure
