I think you'll find in the archives of this list plenty of agreement and thoughts about how to change / simplify. It just needs someone willing to start :)
- Brett On 09/07/2011, at 8:24 PM, Robert Scholte wrote: > > > 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 >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org >> > -- Brett Porter br...@apache.org http://brettporter.wordpress.com/ http://au.linkedin.com/in/brettporter --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
