Thanks, David. Somebody else made that decision long ago -- I just changed the version number. But it occurred to me, too, that it's not at all obvious it links to new features.
It's a simple change, so I'll remove the link from that heading and add a sentence/link to New Features. - V PS: Adding -translation to the cc on this thread -- didn't mean to exclude them, and more eyes on this is good. On 3/7/2012 2:41 AM, David Bailes wrote: > Hi Vaughan, > this is probably a post 2.0 comment. > On the download page, I think it would be better for vi users if the > audacity 2.0 heading wasn't also a link to new features. For those you > can't see ahead, an audacity 2.0 link immediately following a download > heading, probably indicates a link to download audacity. Maybe there > could be a link to new features after the download links for the > different platforms. > > David. > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 7:50 AM, Vaughan Johnson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> First off, I've posted lots of new and updated files. Again, please >> review them starting from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/index-v.php >> and http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/index-v.php. >> >> The goal here is to just find anything in these changes that would block >> release of 2.0. I thought these would resolve those, but I see I just >> got two emails from Gale. One is comments I'll need to go through in >> detail tomorrow (bedtime for me!), the other saying a delay to March 8 >> is okay. I'll assume that's okay if no objections -- we do want to get >> the website right. I'm sure I'll be making more changes to it tomorrow >> (PST). >> >> Thanks for the comments! >> >> >> On 3/6/2012 4:01 PM, Martyn Shaw wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 06/03/2012 07:01, Vaughan Johnson wrote: >>> <snip> >>> >>>> Please give a look at these: >>>> >>>> * http://audacity.sourceforge.net/index-v.php >>>> The new brevity of verbiage, and reliance on links to other places >>>> here, are intended. News item is much smaller and points elsewhere for >>>> details. So now, all the important stuff is "above the fold" on >>>> 1024x768. I think that's a big positive. >>> >>> Much neater than before! Thanks for the work on this! >> >> Thanks! >> >> >>> >>> I don't think we need the words 'especially 1.2.6 and 1.3.14' in the >>> second para. >> >> Noted. I've actually done mostly a *lot* of removing of unnecessary >> duplicate version number specifics on pages. Gale lobbied several times >> to mention the replacement of 1.2.6 there, though. >> >> >> Everybody, please, at this point, I'm really not looking for detailed >> discussions about wordings. I'm doing the task of writing these, so I >> will make the decisions about wordings this time. I've heard your input. >> >> >> Let's get this release completed. Please give further near-term comments >> only about anything that would prevent using these pages for the 2.0 >> release, e.g., is technically or grammatically incorrect, or redundant. >> >> "I ain't mad atcha", just want to move forward. :-) >> >>> >>> The image we have is somewhat outdated and I offer the attached to >>> replace it - an actual image of 2.0 running with a couple of the newer >>> features in use. >> >> That's fine, but is not a release blocker for these web page changes. >> I'll review it after 2.0 is released. >> >> Really, we should probably review all those screenshot images and >> generate new ones, or make a gallery of the ones in the manual and refer >> to those. >> >> >>> >>> I'm not sure how much of the site I was supposed to be reviewing and how >>> much has 'known problems', so sorry if I say stuff that is known. >>> >>> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/features-2.0 >>> has the first bullet point repeated. >> >> Thanks, good catch. Fixed. >> >> >>> >>>> * http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/index-v.php >>>> Please look at this one primarily for layout, completeness, and >>>> comprehensibility -- many of the links from it are not yet correct. I >>>> need to create more files. >>> >>> "You can also obtain Audacity as a CD image file or purchasable CD." is >>> going to disappoint people looking for 2.0. Maybe delete it for now, or >>> change the text? >> >> Not release blocker, will check after. >> >> >>> >>> "If you wish to compile Audacity yourself, please download the source >>> code." the link here is wrong, or the page is wrong. >> >> Yeah, part of what I hadn't completed. I think it's all hooked up now, >> with the continuing proviso that you won't see anything new on pages >> that aren't "*-v.php". >> >> >>> We really really >>> don't want people getting the 1.2 6 source. >> >> Yeah, I'll buy that. >> >> Not release blocker, will check after. I believe with today's changes, >> it's only on the platform-specific 1.2.6 pages. >> >> >>> >>> "Legacy Downloads" boxes are random sizes and, as somebody else said, >>> probably shouldn't be here. >> >> So weird. They were well-behaved when I posted them. >> >> I've removed 1.3.14 from there, as 2.0 is such a complete and recent >> replacement. And fixed I a missing </div> so I think the random size >> issues are fixed. >> >> >> More importantly, this is the "Other Downloads" page now, not something >> that most people will see. They'll mostly (~70%, iirc) go directly to >> the 2.0 page for their platform, based on the which_download() function >> used on the home page. >> >> And btw, to James's comment that "Legacy Downloads" should not be on >> that page -- I did not add that section, simply moved 1.2.6 and 1.3.14 >> to that existing section. >> >> So I think "Legacy Downloads", with 1.2.6 and 1.0.0 (for Mac) should >> stay on that page. They're pretty much below the fold now. >> >> >>> >>> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/beta_windows-v >>> well the name says it doesn't it? What this 'beta' thing? :-) >>> Also it says 'Beta version' in the heading. No more beta! :-) >>> >>> I shall stop, I'm sure you are aware of all of this. >> >> Yes, thanks. Was just in the process of gradually un-linking all those >> beta pages. >> >> - V >> >> >>> >>>> >>>> The mockups are "*-v.php" files, and I didn't link them up from all the >>>> ancillary links, so if you test too far into the older stuff (which can >>>> be only one link to an older page, e.g., the "nav-bar" is not updated on >>>> older pages), you won't link to the new "*-v.php". Please don't report >>>> on those yet -- I know they're not ready. >>>> >>>> >>>> An important remaining task, for me, is to add a button to the home >>>> page, for immediate download of the most popular platform-specific >>>> release package, rather than link to platform-specific download page. >>> >>> That would be nice! >>> >>>> The former stuff is not set up for that >>>> >>>> >>>> But I expect and hope we'll make incremental changes to the website >>>> after releasing 2.0. >>>> >>>> I think none of this messes up the current website. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regarding releasing 2.0, as we had pretty much a P1/P2 per day last >>>> week, do we want to take another 48 hour test period? I think we've just >>>> now passed the 48 hours since last March 3 rc. >>> >>> Well, the Ps have slowed to nothing, it appears, which is great! Given >>> that we missed 29th Feb there's no particular date that stands out. I >>> willing to wait a few bits until the web site is 'ready' (that is, good >>> enough, if not complete). >>> >>> HTH >>> Martyn >>> >>>> - V >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning >> Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing >> also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. >> http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ >> _______________________________________________ >> audacity-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > audacity-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Audacity-translation mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-translation
