Nice to point it out, thanks. Usability issues of the web page are surely to arise more often, since Pharo is gaining more adepts every day.
Maybe a solution would be appreciated as well. Fernando On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 10:24 PM, DougEdmunds <[email protected]> wrote: > Pretend you are a newbie and want to try Pharo. You get on the > http://www.pharo-project.org page > > 1. Top right image says "Download Pharo" > That downloads immediately from > https://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/28437/Pharo-1.2.1-OneClick.zip > > 2. But in the left column > You can click on the heading "Download" > Now you go to http://www.pharo-project.org/pharo-download > which gives you two different one-click choices, but > without any explanation of the difference between > Cog VM and standard VM. > > 2A. And if you look down further on that page, there are lots of > 'custom' choices, one of which is a Windows Installer, apparently > of the most recent version, but that one says it uses the > unexplained 'Cog' vm. > > 3. Wait!! On the home page, you can assume that the > latest release is 1.2.1 in the left column, > and this takes you to > http://www.pharo-project.org/pharo-download/release-1-2-1 > which now give you 3 choices to download, one of which > is a one-click, but is it Cog or is it Standard? > > 4. Wait again!! On the home page, under Shortcuts > on 'Stable Pharo' which immediately starts to download > yet another version: currently Pharo-1.2.1-11.04.03.zip > > 5. And now you feel obligated to click the words 'Download Pharo' > on the right column of the home page, thinking there may be > even more versions to pick from. It takes you to another > page. Deja Vu, it looks familiar.... > > So, newbie, was that clear enough for you? > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/Download-choices-or-tp3440405p3440405.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >
