Joseph J VLcek wrote: > Thanks for the response Dave. > > I've looked at opensolaris.com and it's much more like what I would expect. > > Sorry if I caused any confusion. >
I doubt you caused any confusion, just reflected confusion that's already (and still) out there. I hope we'll continue thinking about ways to ensure that users who just want to download a distro end up someplace where they get their needs met. Dave > Joe > > > Dave Miner wrote: >> Joseph J VLcek wrote: >>> I would like to share my experience downloading OpenSolaris, Ubuntu >>> and Fedora. >>> >>> Recently a group of us evaluated Linux live media installs. In >>> downloading Ubuntu and Fedora it seemed to me that their websites >>> were more concise and targeted at users that wanted to download the >>> Live Media to install on a desktop. >>> >>> In contrast the opensolaris page seems to have a lot more >>> information, that seems to be, less valuable to the desktop user who >>> simply wants to download OpenSolaris Live Media. >>> >>> Ubuntu and Fedora both have an easy to find big icon to "Begin >>> Download" or "Download Now". >>> >>> There is a checksum for a global image on the Opensolaris download >>> page but if one does a text search of the page for "global" a >>> description of what the "global" image is for is not easily evident. >>> >>> More sophisticated users and those that want to contribute are more >>> likely to be willing to drill down into the OpenSolaris web site. >>> However those that may want to simply download and try OpenSolaris on >>> there desktop may not be. >>> >>> I think it might be valuable to evaluate having the OpenSolaris page >>> focus on the desktop user that wants to download and install OSOL. >>> Having a "Download" buttom on the www.opensolaris.org page might >>> help. The small "Download" disk icon at the top may not be obvious to >>> some. >>> >>> These are just my thoughts from my experiences attempting to view >>> this as a new user. >>> >>> I realize a lot of thought went into the OpenSolaris site and I >>> appreciate that. I only share these thought in an attempt to help >>> improve the user experience. >>> >> >> I think your feedback is important and useful, but I would point out >> that opensolaris.com is the primary outlet for the distribution, not >> opensolaris.org. I think its design (while imperfect to be sure) is >> somewhat more oriented at the end-users that we're trying to reach. >> >> Dave >
