[PD] Pd download page

[Scott R. Looney]

i think moving it to the bottom or renaming the source code link is a good
idea. maybe just rename the source link to 'Get PD Source Code For All
Platforms'. the gray colored 'Source tarball' can be missed if you're in a
hurry.

scott

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Joel Matthys <jwmatthys at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I totally understand the political argument for placing src first. I
> guess the debate comes down to how far we want to go to make things easier
> for new users. To me, this seems like a move that may help avoid confusion
> and frustration among new users, a very important demographic for the
> future of the project, and it doesn't seem like it would be a violation of
> our FOSS philosophy.
>
> On the other hand, I *don't* support the idea of putting all of the
> "major" platforms at the top. Start with BSD, by all means. For me, it's
> just the phrase "all platforms" at the top of the page that caused the
> confusion.
>
> Joel
>
>
>
> On 09/30/2012 10:20 AM, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote:
>
>> On 09/30/2012 01:36 PM, Antonio Roberts wrote:
>>
>>> If the proposed change means that I can save five or more minutes then
>>> I fully support moving the source code download to the bottom of the
>>> page
>>>
>> so which one should be first? bsd?
>>
>> (personally i prefer src as first entry for political reasons; otoh, a
>> system like on sourceforge, where the top-download is determined based
>> on the client's OS might be most helpful; however, i don't know how to
>> implement that in the current framework)
>>
>> fmsar
>> IOhannes
>>
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