Re: Debian redesign
On Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 12:10:22PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > Getting Debian
> > CD vendors
> > CD ISO images
> > Network install
> > Pre-installed
> > None of these includes the key word "download". We should not make users
> > think this hard in order to figure out how to download Debian - that's
> > entirely the wrong kind of elitism!
> Sounds like the solution is to perhaps replace "CD ISO images"
> with Download CD(images), not replace "Getting Debian"
> IOW, the replacement is beig advocated at the wrong heading level.
On Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 07:11:30PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> How about this:
> Getting Debian
> Download images
> Network install
> Pre-installed
> CD vedors
Yes, I am not advocating a specific change to the side bar (beyond noting
that the word 'Download' is currently missing), I am only reacting to the
claim that the website is well-designed as-is - it is not. Rather, it has
grown organically over time, and is need of some good usability pruning.
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