[ Sorry, and this time to the list as well... ]] On Wednesday 11 November 2009, you wrote: > I think you should simply add a section with download links for the stable > version below the Features section of the page, just above News. The news > is far more prominent than the sidebar download links, plus the sidebar > links take the user to the Sourceforge page which shows the Mac 2.3.7 .dmg > installer as the 'latest file' and the 2.2.9 stable release has no > prominence whatsoever on the page. > > Having the links front and center would make it very obvious for the > average computer user what they should download to install GnuCash. The > average user isn't going to understand to look for the "stable" versus > unstable installers, so if they are not direct accordingly they will just > pick up whatever is the newest version and most accessible/easy to find. > Ideally, something like the following I think would make it easier for > users to find the correct stable installer for their OS, inserted between > the News and Feature Highlights sections of the home page: > > " > <h2>Download GnuCash</h2> > > <p>The latest stable release of GnuCash is 2.2.9. Download the installer > for your operating system below.</p> > > <ul> > <li>GnuCash 2.7.9 for <a href=" > http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20(stable)/2.2.9/gnuc >ash-2.2.9-setup.exe/download">Microsoft Windows XP/Vista</a></li> > <li>GnuCash 2.7.9 for Mac OS X <a href=" > http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20(stable)/2.2.9/Gnuc >ash-Intel-2.2.9.4.dmg/download">Intel</a> > > | <a href="">Power PC</a> | <a href=" > > http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/project/gnucash/gnucash%20(stable)/2.2.9/Gn >ucash%20OSX%20Readme.html ">Readme</a></li> > <li>GnuCash 2.7.9 for <a href=" > http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20(stable)/2.2.9/gnuc >ash-2.2.9.tar.bz2/download ">Linux</a></li> > <li><a href=" > http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20(stable)/2.2.9/">Vi >ew all GnuCash 2.7.9 downloads</a></li> > </ul> > > <p>Ubuntu 9.10 users can install GnuCash 2.7.9 through the Software Center > under the Office category.</p> > > <p>Unstable (development) releases can be downloaded using the Download > links in the side menu, or from the News articles below. Unstable releases > are not intended for production use. Unstable releases should be used for > testing purposes only.</p> > " > That's indeed the kind of links I intended to add.
I'll see what I can set up. Geert _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
