There seems to be enough interest in making a change of some sort to the Windows page. I will do a few mockups with different options, then pending any revisions, will provide a patch for the ver we agree on. Thanks to everyone for input and patience. -C On 8 May 2015 01:17, "Michael Schumacher" <schumaml@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On 05/07/2015 09:39 PM, C R wrote: > >> Yes, and to also force Bittorrent knowledge upon users. > > > > If I were a new user, I'd Google "torrent" and immediately get links for > > Pirate Bay and other dodgy stuff... nothing having to do with GIMP. > > Exactly. > > The torrent files for GIMP are there to explicitly provide > examples that are different to e.g. movie downloads - to make sure that > this download method is not inherently linked to those. > > > Thought we were trying to prevent people from going to 3rd party > > websites and downloading viruses accidentally. Having to install a > > 3rd party downloader just to install GIMP is a pretty big hurdle for > > a lot of people, and they are likely to encounter lots of dangerous > > DOWNLOAD NOW buttons. ;) It takes trust in two different software > > packages just to install one program. > > Yes, this is a problem - and the current way of linking the Wikipedia > Bittorrent clients list is not as good as linking one particular safe > client for the current platform. > > For example, I pondered to go for Deluge for Windows, but didn't want to > remove people's choices in favor of my own personal preference - but if > there is some general agreement on good client options, we may link them > directly. > > > I guess I'd ask: Is it more important to enlighten people (and are we > > really doing that, or just scaring them off, or needlessly endangering > > them?) about torrents, or is it more important to make the installation of > > GIMP as easy and enjoyable as possible? > > > I suggest a few buttons with gimp icons, themed for the current gimp page, > > and table-formatted along with some text explaining what the options > > actually do, so you don't have to guess. > > > Maybe a link to torrent tutorials /help files if the user wants to > > enlighten themselves, and we should say right away why torrents help us, so > > the user can make an informed choice. > > Not sure if we need graphical buttons for that, though, links should do > just fine and end the impatient ones' hunt for the magical "Download" word. > > > Well, I've been an ass, been diplomatic... now I'm thinking of being lazy. > > Anyone wants graphics, let me know. I'm glad to help. > > You could also try to provide the patch for the HTML parts - these are > in Git, https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp-web/tree/downloads > - the file name per platform should be obvious, and the HTML is rather > straightforward. > > > P.S. can you make your mail client reply to the list directly, instead > of cc'ing it? > > -- > Regards, > Michael > GPG: 96A8 B38A 728A 577D 724D 60E5 F855 53EC B36D 4CDD > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
