[Qgis-user] Re: [Qgis-developer] Simplify the download pages

[MORREALE Jean Roc]

Le 13/04/2010 00:15, Carson Farmer a écrit :
> +1 from me for Martin's suggestions... very logical and neat. The
> faster people can find what they need, the faster they can start
> playing with QGIS, the faster they tell their friends about it!
>
> Carson
>
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Martin Dobias<wonder.sk at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:09 AM, Alex
>> Mandel<tech_dev at wildintellect.com>  wrote:
>>> Based on some feedback I've gotten from some users the download
>>> pages are still too complicated and have too many choices. It's
>>> not clear to anyone but advanced and involved users what the
>>> right thing to get is.
>>
>> I also get feedback from people that the pages are confusing. I
>> post my suggestions that might improve the usability (not limited
>> to downloads):
>>
>> 1. Main page The text content is too dull to read it. People are in
>> a hurry and usually want to know a) what is qgis, b) how does it
>> look like c) how to get it. Therefore I suggest: - a short
>> statement about QGIS in larger font + link: learn more (leading to
>> about QGIS page) - big download button on the right side - small
>> screenshot below the download button + link: more screenshots -
>> below this there could be a news section (hackfests, releases,
>> ...)
>>
>> 2. About page I would suggest to merge it with "features" page and
>> make the screenshot smaller (again with link to more screenshots)
>> because otherwise it doesn't bring any news besides the short
>> history.
>>
>> 3. Download page For a good orientation, I would suggest to have
>> these 4 options (aligned in a 2x2 table, large font): - Current
>> version - Long term support version - Plugins - Sample data Each
>> option would be a link to a separate page and could have a small
>> annotation text below the link. Finally at the end of the page
>> there could be a list of pages for older releases.
>>
>> 4. Download page for any version First a short introduction what
>> the version is about (current release / LTS / older release). No
>> tables, just a section (ideally with a platform icon for easier
>> orientation): - WINDOWS - standalone - with/without grass - osgeo4w
>> - instruction - MAC - instructions - LINUX - instructions for
>> various distributions - SOURCE
>>
>>
>> I believe this would make the first impression a bit better...
>>
>> Regards Martin _______________________________________________
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Has anyone done work on this part ? If not, I'll try to work it out 
before the release.