Hi, On Thursday, July 27, 2006 at 13:43:24, houghi wrote:
On every page, but especially the starting page of a language and probably the generic start page as well, you have a link to http://en.opensuse.org/Download
Instead of being able to download, you get a lot of information that you apparently must read, making it look like SUSE (or Linux) is complicated.
Providing the right info for everyone _is_ complicated. I think it makes SUSE look well documented. Its not a simple page with some links to isos where the user is left alone and has to figure out what he wants/needs. We take all users, no matter how experienced, trough the choices they have to take before the download starts.
Only at the bottom do I see two versions.
Not true. The structure of the document shows you two versions too. The table at the end is just a "quickbar".
I then arrive at another page that I must read (Is SUSE really that hard?)
Its not hard, it has options. Many usefull, hard worked on options. Options we shouldnt hide somewhere. Options that make openSUSE the good distro it is.
What I would prefere is that http://en.opensuse.org/Download only holds the latest version for the standard end-user, e.g. 10.1
Whats the "standard end-user" and who defines that?
two or three links: How to install and additional information.
You are trying to reproduce the installation manual with this. No need to do this.
The additional information could hold links to Alpha and Beta software, all information that is now given on the pages and that probably most people don't read anyway.
"standard end-user", "probably", "most". You couldnt be more imprecise. :) Im sorry but as long as you dont come up with a layout that makes it better for everyone (not only the imprecise small group of the standard end-user that exists in your head) im all against it. Henne -- Henne Vogelsang, Core Services "Rules change. The Game remains the same." - Omar (The Wire) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki-help@opensuse.org