There are some web site updates I'd like to do before NetSurf 2.0 is
released.
The main things are to update the downloads and documentation sections to
properly reflect NetSurf being multi-platform.
For the downloads page, I think the "Download" link on the nav. bar and
the download box on the home page should link to a page where the user is
presented with a list of operating systems plus a source code option.
e.g.
Download NetSurf
================
Please select an operating system:
+ RISC OS
+ Unix-like (including Linux)
+ BeOS/Haiku
+ AmigaOS
Alternatively you can download NetSurf's source:
+ Source code (multi-platform)
Then they click on the option they are interested in and they get another
page. The new page should present the latest release version for that
platform clearly and obviously. There should also be links for downloading
older releases and any development builds which are available for that
platform on the page.
I'm not exactly sure how easy it is to distribute binaries for all
platforms. It is easy on RISC OS. For Unix-like it may be more of a
problem, but at the very least we could have a page listing all the
distros we know of that package NetSurf and link to the source archive, so
they could build it for themselves if they need to.
I think that would be better than the current layout, which can't really
be expanded beyond RISC OS and source options.
Does this seem OK to everyone?
For the documentation, I'd like to make the user guide more multi
platform, but it will probably take me a long time. I can easily use the
RISC OS and GTK versions. Is there any easy way for me to test the AmigaOS
and BeOS versions? Are there live CDs or emulators and is it trivial to
run the NetSurf ports on such a system?
Also, there is a user info page
http://www.netsurf-browser.org/documentation/info
which is multi platform, and a RISC OS specific one here:
http://www.netsurf-browser.org/documentation/roinfo
It would be good to get the platform specific installation instructions
and details platform specific issues for all platforms in similar
documents. Each platform specific download page can link to the relevant
user info page.
Finally, I'd like to update the About NetSurf section to make it clear
NetSurf runs on all sorts of platforms and systems. At the moment that
page/area is a bit dry, but I think it can be livened up with things like
a photo of NetSurf running on a snazzy handheld gadget with a caption
below, kind of like the front page screenshot.
Things like the framebuffer port are worth mentioning as it is fairly
unique, I think, that our browser can run with no GUI toolkit or windowing
system, even run on a bootloader.
Also, I want to update the NetSurf team page:
http://www.netsurf-browser.org/about/team
Please could the Chris, François and Vincent give me a couple of
paragraphs, like the ones already there, about which bit of NetSurf you
work on, what system you use, etc. :)
Thanks,
Michael
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Michael Drake (tlsa) http://www.netsurf-browser.org/
