Hello,

on Dienstag, 15. Mai 2007, Frank Sundermeyer wrote:
> http://www.suse.de/~fs/opensuse/download/index_cols.html
>
> As always: Feedback is most welcome.

The page looks much better already, but there's still room for some 
improvement ;-)

> * clickable icons in front of the download links
>   - Sigh, is this really necessary? It's a pain to implement it in
>     proper HTML (avoiding tables) for all browsers

IMHO download icons improve the usability of the page a lot!
So: yes, this _is_ really necesary ;-)
(and, naive question: what's wrong with float:left?)

> * there should be some kind of explanation about md5sum
>   Too confusing for beginners, especially from the Windows world.

It's more confusing to have broken installation media...

I agree that the MD5SUM doesn't need a very prominent place, but it 
should be available somewhere[tm].

> * links to the repositories
>   http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.2/repo/*/
>   - see link "Package Repositories" in the left navigation

That's too hidden IMHO.

Please add a Media Type "Network Installation" with
- the link to the Mini CD
- links to the main and non-oss repository

You can then completely remove the "Network Installation" column from 
the "CD" media type. (The Mini-CD is a bit confusing there ;-)

> * the footnotes from current http://download.opensuse.org
>   - I do not think this is the right place to tell people about the
>     differences between the media. I would be happy to link to an
>     appropriate article on the wiki...

Can we have something between the two extremes? I'm thinking of 
a "Help"-Link which opens a small info dialog (JavaScript).

Anyway, the only relevant footnote / info dialog would be the list of 
languages contained on the language add-on CD.


While we are at it, as already written in my previous mail:
Please add the link to the language Add-On CD if people choose to 
download the DVD. Otherwise DVD users will never see the language 
add-on.


Another thing, very minor: The explanation of the computer types is 
enclosed in parenthesis. Please remove them, they are superfluous.

Oh, and all "Help" links should open in a new window.

> * should be nice to have text in variables to keep the same page
> through i18n
>   - I haven't thought about maintaining the page, yet...

;-)

BTW: The download page just discovered a minor Konqueror bug ;-)
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=275767


Regards,

Christian Boltz
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