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by Dan Stowell :: Rate this Message:

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Thanks all for the input. Updated webpage, hopefully much more
compatible with humans:
http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/downloads/

Dan

2009/4/23, Sciss <contact@...>:

> or even
>
>  http://puredata.info/downloads
>
>  is more easily readable because all the download links are grouped together
> and you can easily see the right one from the OS-icons....
>
>  maybe choose one version as the default download, e.g.
> SuperCollider-With-Extras, which is what an average user will download, and
> put the vanilla SC3, SC-realized, SC-sourcecode etc. more down in the
> document.
>
>  ciao, -sciss-
>
>
>  Am 23.04.2009 um 13:08 schrieb Sciss:
>
>
>
> > maybe the download page could suggest a proper version automatically,
> determining the user's operating system. like
> >
> > http://www.firefox.com  ---> big one click button
> >
> > or at least very easily accessible, like
> >
> > http://processing.org/download/
> >
> > ?
> >
> > furthermore, since it is quite an effort to access it from the sourceforge
> project page, i think there should also be a button for the 3.3 RC ?
> >
> > ciao, -sciss-
> >
> >
> > Am 23.04.2009 um 08:52 schrieb Dan Stowell:
> >
> >
> > > Hi all -
> > >
> > > The downloads webpage is rubbish.
> > > http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/downloads/
> > >
> > > Really need to simplify it and make it easy to use. Would be grateful
> > > for your suggestions. Which things on that page should be removed?
> > > Which should be emphasised? Removing things is quite important I
> > > think, cutting down on the clutter.
> > >
> > > Perhaps there should be separate webpages for each platform:
> > > "downloads/mac", "downloads/linux", "downloads/win"? That might make
> > > things more pleasant. But then there are miscellaneous things which
> > > might not fit that subdivision. (freebsd? ;)
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Dan
> > >
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