On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:13:34 AM UTC-4, Volker Braun wrote: > > I've been working on updating the wiki instructions, and broken out the > installation instructions into a separate wiki page: > > http://wiki.sagemath.org/SageApplianceInstallation > > Maybe we can link this more prominently to the windows download page? > > Volker > >
I had a longer reply typed out, but lost it and then cleared my clipboard :( Anyway, the answer is YES. Basically, in all three major download pages, we have just the name of the OS and then a list of mirrors. In all three cases moving the "Usage" and/or "System Requirements" section up to the top would be a vast improvement. In the Mac case, perhaps adding "You'll need to know the following about your computer (see Apple Menu -> About this Mac)..." or something like that would be helpful too. Presumably similar in Linux, though perhaps (?) those users would be expected to know more along those lines. - kcrisman > > On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:52:23 AM UTC-4, kcrisman wrote: >> >> I was introducing some folks to downloading Sage on Windows the other >> day, and I think that this particular workflow is proving to be confusing >> to more than just Mr. Rose. I wonder if there isn't some better way of >> putting very prominent instructions BEFORE the big list of mirrors, >> especially to point out that you'll want to know your arch. if you are on >> Mac or Linux and that there is a nice link for full instructions for the >> Windows version. > > -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
