Markus wrote: > I got some feedback (via phone) that our Web page is too > complicated. I tend to agree...
any specific complaints, of just the general sense of being overwhelmed? got lost in the web of crusty old .html pages? > As a first step, I have implemented operating system > detection (a simple PHP function) which suggests the > right download in a more prominent way: > http://grass.osgeo.org/download/ > > ... same thing as Firefox, Openoffice and the others do. > The previous, complete download page is of course still there. it is a neat trick and you've done a nice job. as a first reaction though those autodetect things are a real pet hate of mine. But I'm willing to accept that might just be my bias and I'll give it a fair chance. You have done it with a clear "Other" button, a lack of which is my main complaint with SourceForge, modern GNOME apps, etc.. Linking to the linux weekly snapshot page will be the best choice long term, but for now... well, maybe send linux users to the complicated page, they should be used to it. "Other operating systems" probably needs to be expanded to include "and versions". Personally I find the classic download table to be quite usable and clear. We could probably drop the manuals from the table and shorten the Mandriva and OpenSuSE bullet points to just the distro name, and move the linux weekly snapshot into the linux binary section as just "* weekly snapshot". > I think that especially the main page needs to become quite > more simple. > Suggestions welcome. * the three images along the top need to be cycled, they have been the same for a long time and are starting to get a bit stale. I tried to add a flash of color to the bland green with the yellow desktop thumbnail, but with only partial success. * Mirror sites can probably be dropped from the main page and just live on the downloads page. * Translating ... mmmm, maybe stalled GDP migration- * Newsletter can probably be sent to the wiki somewhere. * GRASS in the Press might be removed if it isn't maintained * Get involved! can probably be combined with Community, Applications, and Development from the top bar somehow. * Intro and About GRASS cover a bit of the same territory. * GDP I'll be happy to see the rest of the GDP help pages be finally migrated to the wiki, with some link back to the old GRASS 5 content (which I think we should archive but keep accessible & searchable somehow if folks want to refer to it). Along those lines I wonder if we reenable grass5 docs in robots.txt somehow to keep them secondary but still exist as a resource. Sounds like a job for the new documentation manager :) * new Download page - "Citing GRASS" needs to move somewhere else. But where? - the down arrow graphic should link to link to something 3c, Hamish _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user