+1 It was said several times and many people are agree to simplify / cleanup / improve our web site .... If someone is volunteer :-)
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Brett Porter <br...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 > >
