Re: Does anyone else find the main site confusing?

[MJ Ray]

Gregory John Casamento <greg_casamento@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The news items should be just news items, not links to the information page
> about the app.  The links at the top in "Current Packages" should provide the
> user with another page which shows information about the app, and also allows
> them to view the annouce and to download the app itself.  Every person I have
> directed to the page clicks on those top links thinking that it will take them
> to an information page, instead they get a tar.gz dumped in their lap which
> they may or may not want.

OK, I think I agree. I'll save this message and work on it soon
if there's no dissent. Some notes for webmasters are also long
overdue and this should be part of those too.

[...]
> This was a general question requiring some concensus amoung the community. The
> discuss list was the appropriate place.  If you have a problem with that, 
> email
> me directly and we can talk about it.

What I have a problem with is you posting a rant about the website
to discuss when the main problem I could understand (the versions
on the front/news being different to the downloads) is one you made.
Please discuss the site in general on discuss, but specific bugs
will get fixed much faster if webmasters are emailed directly.

[...]
> http://www.nongnu.org/gap
> A few apps have been announced here, in case you weren't paying attention.

Where was it announced?

Do you know some of the links (Mirrors, for example) 404 at the moment?

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MJR/slef