Re: [josm-dev] WikiStart

2012-04-04 Thread Paul Hartmann
On 04/03/2012 04:34 PM, Simon Legner wrote:
 Hi!
 
 On 03/04/12 16:25, Paul Hartmann wrote:
 (and maybe the webstart option, but I'm not sure it needs to be
 recommended that much)
 
 I think it should. On the FOSSGIS I met a few people using a very
 outdated version of JOSM (half to one year old) because they didn't care
 about updating. This comes for free when using Web Start. Are there
 disadvantages?

The problems I remembered with Java Web Start seem to be outdated. In
fact the cache/update mechanism is quite nice. The only disadvantage I
can see at the moment is missing console output and worse desktop
integration.

When we have Autoupdate options for the Windows installer, this should
significantly reduce the outdated versions in use.

 There is no
 need to link to the latest development version from the main page.
 
 Are there any usage statistics tested vs. latest? When sticking to the
 table, I'd keep the row for the latest version as it shows the current
 revision number and may be useful for some people.

I'm not insisting on this. But if someone isn't interested in all the
options and just wants to use the software, the layout should be clear
and simple.

* - Webstart
Win - Win installer
Mac - Mac installer
(Ubuntu - Ubuntu package)
Other - jar file

In the current draft (v. 5) I'm missing the link to the advanced
Download options. This line could contain the latest version. E.g.

Current development version (5161), Ubuntu package repository and other
Download download options.

Paul

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Re: [josm-dev] WikiStart

2012-04-04 Thread Simon Legner
Hi Paul!

On 04/04/12 12:26, Paul Hartmann wrote:
 I'm not insisting on this. But if someone isn't interested in all the
 options and just wants to use the software, the layout should be clear
 and simple.

I agree in the meanwhile (especially after looking at Dirk's statistics) :-)

 In the current draft (v. 5) I'm missing the link to the advanced
 Download options. This line could contain the latest version. E.g.

The link is in the title, but [cs]ould be more obvious …

 Current development version (5161), Ubuntu package repository and other
 Download download options.

Looks good.


Simon

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