Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread Robert Krawitz
On Fri, 08 May 2015 20:46:43 -0400, Liam R. E. Quin wrote: > On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 22:04 +0100, C R wrote: >> > I'd be ok with having two links labeled "Download GIMP 2.8.14 via >> > HTTP" and "Download GIMP 2.8.14 via Bittorrent" right above each >> > other, in any order. This should also help t

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread Liam R. E. Quin
On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 22:04 +0100, C R wrote: > > I'd be ok with having two links labeled "Download GIMP 2.8.14 via > > HTTP" and "Download GIMP 2.8.14 via Bittorrent" right above each > > other, in any order. This should also help to reduce the > > explanation for Bittorrent to one short paragr

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread Burnell West
> How about this? > http://opendesignstudio.org/gimp/samples/gimp_windows_download_buttons2.png I like ___ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address:gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-de

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread C R
> I'd be ok with having two links labeled "Download GIMP 2.8.14 via HTTP" > and "Download GIMP 2.8.14 via Bittorrent" right above each other, in any > order. This should also help to reduce the explanation for Bittorrent to > one short paragraph > > To make this a bit more obvious, I'm imagining so

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 05/08/2015 08:03 PM, C R wrote: >> >>> First try: >>> >> http://opendesignstudio.org/gimp/samples/gimp_windows_download_buttons.png >> >> Not really what I had in mind when you mentioned you planes, rather some >> small table that takes the place of the current download links, and a >> short,

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread Liam R. E. Quin
On Fri, 2015-05-08 at 09:34 +0530, Mukund Sivaraman wrote: > Hi schumaml > > On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 05:41:34PM +0200, Michael Schumacher wrote: > > On 05/07/2015 10:25 AM, C R wrote: > > > > > Is the torrent listed first to save bandwidth on > > > download.gimp.org? > > > > Yes, and to also fo

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 05/08/2015 06:12 PM, Robert Krawitz wrote: > On Fri, 08 May 2015 17:21:15 +0200, Michael Schumacher wrote: >> On 05/08/2015 04:46 AM, Robert Krawitz wrote: >> >>> To what end? Is this to help GIMP users in some way >> >> It helps them to get download speeds that are reasonable, even if many >

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread C R
> > > First try: > > > http://opendesignstudio.org/gimp/samples/gimp_windows_download_buttons.png > > Not really what I had in mind when you mentioned you planes, rather some > small table that takes the place of the current download links, and a > short, one paragraph explanation below each of the

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 05/08/2015 05:58 PM, C R wrote: > First try: > http://opendesignstudio.org/gimp/samples/gimp_windows_download_buttons.png Not really what I had in mind when you mentioned you planes, rather some small table that takes the place of the current download links, and a short, one paragraph explana

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread Robert Krawitz
On Fri, 08 May 2015 17:21:15 +0200, Michael Schumacher wrote: > On 05/08/2015 04:46 AM, Robert Krawitz wrote: > >> To what end? Is this to help GIMP users in some way > > It helps them to get download speeds that are reasonable, even if many > (or actually, the more) people download the files at a

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 05/08/2015 11:36 AM, C R wrote: > I prefer something simpler, with one download button for each link > (dislocated separate green buttons for download are visually confusing, for > example, especially if you are from a country that doesn't read from > right-to-left. Please make sure that the

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread C R
First try: http://opendesignstudio.org/gimp/samples/gimp_windows_download_buttons.png I think it's a worthy thing to give users the option to torrent the files. If we are going to properly do that, let's make sure they don't have to go searching across the web for what they need, and be up-front a

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 05/08/2015 04:46 AM, Robert Krawitz wrote: > To what end? Is this to help GIMP users in some way It helps them to get download speeds that are reasonable, even if many (or actually, the more) people download the files at a given time. >> P.S. can you make your mail client reply to the list

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread Kevin
On 2015-05-08 05:24, Laxminarayan Kamath wrote: But to get inspired, just try this: https://nightly.mozilla.org/ You could have a split table for different versions That reminds me of something else I find useful on software download pages. It is handy when the page puts links related to th

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread Kevin
On 2015-05-08 00:04, Mukund Sivaraman wrote: I favour changing this to a link to get the installer exe directly. I say this from my own perspective: If I am downloading some free software application for Windows, I'd prefer a direct link to the installer by default rather than getting the torre

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread C R
Yes, that's what I mean by "table layout". Probably something more minimalistic than that page, with clear separation between each entry. It's a bit of a mess with no separation between different links on the same line. The Firefox graphics people really like to spank your eyeballs with transparent

Re: [Gimp-developer] wtf with the download?

2015-05-08 Thread Laxminarayan Kamath
tl;dr But to get inspired, just try this: https://nightly.mozilla.org/ You could have a split table for different versions dev/alpha/beta/stable , etc.. just like Mozilla for Desktop/Mobile/etc. -- Laxminarayan Kamath Ammembal http://lankerisms.blogspot.com (+91) 9945036093

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