On 05/30/2015 03:46 AM, Sam Gleske wrote: > In fact, the direct download link for Windows is a tiny "this link" > at the end of the description paragraph underneath the GIANT torrent > link. As you can see in the thread I linked to, this is going to change - with both links to be more prominent than they have been before. > There are plenty of trusted binary hosting services for open source > projects. One not need look far for alternate hosting if the worry is GIMP > infrastructure overload. I'm actually not sure if it ever was a real overload, could also jut be that the web server config we have limited the connections. Nowadays, this does not seem to be an issue - probably due to the fact that there are tons of torrent seeders for the current downloads, and many people use it. Changing to the current server was not entirely voluntary - we had our previous one failing, and now GNOME generously provides a virtual machine in one of the data centers the use themselves. > Personally I feel the "Download" button on the front page should > actually download the software (detecting your browser language and > platform). For that to work, it will have to be easy to switch between different platforms. > Regardless of the way in which the downloads are presented. I do think the > downloads page is pretty busy. My friends need someone like me to help > them sort it out when they're getting their copy of GIMP. I feel that flow > is in need of improvement. I guess the new layout will make it easier for them. -- 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
