Re: Download navigation UX

Following a chat with Vik, here's an updated patch which fixes a couple of
minor issues and greys the background of the selected OS when clicked.

I plan to commit tomorrow if there are no objections.

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 1:23 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

> Hi
>
> The attached patch is a first cut at part of a larger task that Jonathan
> and I have been discussing to improve the UX and simplify the download flow
> on the website.
>
> This patch updates the main download page (/download) in a number of ways:
>
> - Wording at the top and in the left menu is simplified, moving away from
> "words for the sake of it" as we have now and using more common and easy to
> understand terms like "Packages" instead of "Binaries"
>
> - Some images have been updated or replaced to ensure they all have
> transparent backgrounds.
>
> - The indented list of binary options with its myriad of links is replaced
> with a set of highly visible buttons to choose your distro family - see the
> attached initial.png - and then the distribution where applicable:
>
> - The BSD and Linux buttons will display a second set of buttons to
> choose the distro when clicked. See linux.png.
>
> - If Javascript is disabled;
> - The BSD button will navigate to a new page showing the buttons
> for each supported BSD distro.
> - The Linux button will navigate to the existing generic Linux
> page, where the list of distros at the top has also been replaced with
> buttons.
>
> This patch does not attempt to sanitise the rest of the download index or
> any of the sub-pages at this time. That'll come later.
>
> Comments/bikeshedding?
>
> --
> Dave Page
> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
> Twitter: @pgsnake
>
> EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>

--
Dave Page
Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
Twitter: @pgsnake

EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company