On Oct 1, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Dale Erwin wrote: > On 10/1/2011 9:08 AM, john Culleton wrote: >> On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:00:58 -0600 >> Mike Sleger<chappa-ai at q.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sep 30, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Mike Sleger wrote: >>> >>>> On Sep 30, 2011, at 11:56 AM, john Culleton wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:25:47 -0400 >>>>> Oleksandr Moskalenko<malex at scribus.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 30, 2011, at 1:17 PM, john Culleton wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Now why doesn't the download page say that more clearly? I don't >>>>>>> have a good answer. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> John Culleton >>>>>>> Wexford Press >>>>>>> "Create Book Covers with Scribus" >>>>>>> http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html >>>>>> >>>>>> John, >>>>>> >>>>>> I updated the information on the Download page at >>>>>> http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Download. Please check it out and >>>>>> leave your comments. >>>>> >>>>> Exactly put. Now I hope newcomers will heed the message! >>>>> >>>>> I would rearrange the page somewhat, putting the pointers to >>>>> 1.4.0rc together and right under the 1.3.3.14 download pointers. >>>>> This means putting the 1.4.0 svn and the 1.4.0 tarball right under >>>>> "Read instructions for Debian/Ubuntu Linux Package archive access." >>>>> >>>>> The overall page sequence would be: >>>>> All the 1.3.3.14 stuff >>>>> All the 1.4.0 stuff >>>>> All the 1.5.0 stuff >>>> >>>> I would arrange the versions so the latest ones are at the top of >>>> the list and the newer ones at the bottom. You want the latest >>>> information to be the first links a user sees. >>>> >>> >>> My bad - I was in a hurry. The newest versions should be at the top >>> of the list, and the older versions should be lowest on the list. >>> People shouldn't have to look around for the latest version to >>> download - it should be the first download link they see. >> >> If you mean to put 1.4.0 at the top I agree. But I would not put the >> development version 1.5.0 at the top. >> > > You guys are all saying that NEW users should download the 1.4RC5 to start > with, but there is no tutorial based on that version while there is a > tutorial based on the 1.3.3.14 version. I, being a brand new user, find that > I need both versions, because if I don't find the elements mentioned in the > tutorial where it says they are, then I am lost. > > It is, after all, the NEW user who has the most need for a tutorial.
Honestly, in my experience, the quickest way to find out how to do something (or whether it's even supported at all) is Google. I've never even used the Scribus tutorial.
