[debbugs-tracker] bug#22546: closed (Download-Page is "hiding" what the options actually are)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Download-Page is "hiding" what the options actually are Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 18:09:12 +0100

Being new to Guix, i went to the Download page:
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/download/

immediately saw the 3 big options
read their title/names
was confused what the difference might be between "GuixSD" and "Guix Binary"
could not find anything inside these 3 option's boxes that would help me
read the text below them
read the text above them
finally understood that the first option is the OS, and the second is only the packag-manager

i think that the first option should have a title saying "Operating System install medium" or the like, and the second "Package-Manager for arbitrary Linux".
nobody is going to read a small, regular text formatted, two lines long paragraph on a download page, but this is very crucial information for everyone that gets there.

... sounds like a very good project! :-)

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> Robin Vobruba <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > Being new to Guix, i went to the Download page:
> > https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/download/
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> > immediately saw the 3 big options
> > read their title/names
> > was confused what the difference might be between "GuixSD" and "Guix Binary"
> > could not find anything inside these 3 option's boxes that would help me
> > read the text below them
> > read the text above them
> > finally understood that the first option is the OS, and the second is only
> > the packag-manager
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> I think I’ll have to disagree.  :-)
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> For each option there’s a line right below the title saying what this
> is.  I’m no expert in “information architecture” but I’m under the
> impression that there’s little margin for improvement.
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> More importantly, I think that someone who cannot be bothered to read
> this will not install the thing at all since installing requires you to
> read the much longer installation instructions.  Of course we want them
> to be as small as possible, but I don’t think that’ll be a single line
> anytime soon.
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> I hope this makes sense!
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> Thanks for your feedback,
> Ludo’.
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