Hello,
on Donnerstag, 10. Mai 2007, Frank Sundermeyer wrote:
> http://www.suse.de/~fs/opensuse/download/
>
> We got a lot of feedback from users who were confused by the existing
> download page, so we decided to use JavaScript to make the page
> interactive.
Good idea!
It was already mentioned that the final download links are not visible
enough. Just another idea:
- add another chooser "select media" which offers "DVD" and "CDs"
(or integrate this in the "download method" section)
- move the links to a section named "download"
This way you could also easily clarify the content of the DVD - simply
offer the link to the DVD + the language Add-On CD.
> For users having deactivated JavaScript the old download
> interface will still be present.
I don't really like the current <noscript> message
You need JavaScript enabled to use the download selector. If you'd
like to download directly (without JavaScript), please use the
non-interactive download table..
Why don't you simply include the download table directly? (+ maybe a
notice that it would be less confusing with JavaScript)
Some things I miss, compared to the old download table:
- the MD5SUMs
- links to the repositories
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.2/repo/*/ [1]
- the footnotes from current http://download.opensuse.org
Were they just forgotten or did you drop them intentionally?
To sum up my proposal:
* the "download method" selector should IMHO offer:
- Standard (ftp or http) - CDs
- Standard (ftp or http) - DVD
- BitTorrent
- Network installation
* the "Choose a media type" section should be renamed to "Download"
and only show the following links:
- Standard - CDs: links to the 5 CDs + Add-On + language Add-On + MD5
- Standard - DVD: links to the 5 CDs + language Add-On + MD5
- BitTorrent: keep as is - or split it to DVD and CD also
- Network installation: mini-CD (incl. MD5) and the 10.2/repo/* repos
Regards,
Christian Boltz
[1] I would add them as separate download method "direct installation
from the internet" or alike. And I would put the Network
installation mini-CD into that category too.
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