Re: Confusing Linux download page

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 15:27, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>>
>>> I agree that the current one is better than the old one. That doesn't
>>> mean it can't be improved upon.
>>
>> The primary change in the current one was to put the one-clicks first,
>> so those with a shorter-than-normal attention span found something
>> that just worked and gave them the basics they needed in the vast
>> majority of cases.
>
> I always thought it was listing the different download options for
> different distributions instead of just "you can download it from our
> ftp site" that made the difference. Was the three weeks difference
> between those two changes really enough to determine which one was the
> effective one?

I thought the main problem was clear that some people just didn't read
enough, or think enough, so putting the simple option first helped. It
was usually the people that would reply with 'just give me a URL to
what I need' that needed the help.

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