I agree with Tim here. Compare the maven[1] and gradle[2] homepages. The
gradle page is pretty clean (too clean?) and you know immediately where to
download the bundle.The maven site has a huge amount of text, all links look
the same so I can imagine that newbies get a bit lost, already on this page.
That can't be right.I think it's more than adding a huge download button. IMHO
the pages should reflect the role of the visitor (starter, user, developer)
instead of summing up all the handy stuff, but that's a real challenge. -Robert
[1] http://maven.apache.org[2] http://gradle.org
> From: vsive...@apache.org
> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 23:11:20 -0400
> Subject: Re: Maven Download Procedure
> To: dev@maven.apache.org
>
> Well, 3 clicks vs 1 click to get Maven vs gradle from the main page,
> not a big deal IMHO.
> Apache Ant gives it in 2 clicks by catching the right mirror.
> Apache Tomcat 2 clicks by catching the right mirror.
> Apache Directory gives it in 3 clicks.
> and so on
>
> So, I think we are not so bad.
>
> Vincent
>
> 2011/7/8 Tim O'Brien <tobr...@discursive.com>:
> > I had to write this process down for the millionth time today. Here it
> > is: the current procedure for downloading Maven (without using figures).
> >
> > 1. Go to http://maven.apache.org.
> > 2. On the right-hand side of the page, you should see a section with the
> > title "Get Maven 3.0.3".
> > 3. Click on the first link in this section, the link titled "Maven 3.0.3"
> > next to the folder icon. This will take you to a list of Maven
> > distributions.
> > 4. Click on one of the archive links (apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.tgz or
> > apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.zip) in the "Mirrors" column of this table.
> > 5. You should then see the "Apache Download Mirrors" page.
> > 6. Click on one of the Mirror URLs and download Apache Maven.
> >
> > Can we figure out a way to make it this easy?
> >
> > 1. Go to http://maven.apache.org
> > 2. Click on one of the Download buttons to download Maven.
> >
> > Is /dyn/closer.cgi a Foundation requirement? Is there any project that
> > uses an alternative? I see closer.cgi used on Tapestry and CouchDB.
> > Apache Directory looks like it uses an intuitive approach (without
> > breaking user experience):
> > http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/2.0/download/download-windows.html
> >
> > If you are curious as to why I'm interested in this now. It is because I'm
> > starting to pay much closer attention to Gradle, and Gradle gets this right.
> > The process to download Gradle is:
> >
> > 1. Go to http://gradle.org
> > 2. Click on the download link
> >
>
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