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Re: [tor-bugs] #3590 [Website]: torproject.org/download is very confusing
#3590: torproject.org/download is very confusing
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Reporter: cypherpunks | Owner: phobos
Type: defect | Status: accepted
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Website | Version:
Keywords: | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Comment(by cypherpunks):
From velope:
Replying to [comment:24 jmtodaro]:
My idea about handling platform selection was founded on handling language
selection with a pulldown, as it currently appears on the full download
page. Language selection is needed for TBB everywhere and for all packages
containing Vidalia. How do you intend to handle language selection when
javascript is disabled?
I wish we could require that javascript be enabled, since the idea of
torbutton is to make it reasonably safe. But of course new users come to
the website without Tor, and the conservative ones could reasonably have
it disabled.
Server-side code would require coordination with the mirror sites, which,
though underpublicized and underutilized, are an important tool, because
the main website is censored.
I wonder whether any further tricks with CSS are possible. Otherwise, if
neither of the above requirements can be abandoned, it might be necessary
to abandon pulldowns and go back to lots of text links, unfortunately.
Not sure why you say "sectioning by package" for the full download page,
since that sounds like one section per download button. I meant sectioning
by development branch, i.e. stable, alpha, experimental (not sure of the
exact count or terms). An accordion seems optional and perhaps handy for a
long list, but it would have to be completely expanded by default, because
we must avoid missing out on QA feedback from knowledgeable users because
of not noticing the latest packages.
The list of warnings is a critical element that shouldn't be on a separate
linked page, I'm sad to say. That material represents the major
misunderstandings and dangerous usages of Tor that we deal with every day.
The text should be tightened, perhaps with more links to deeper details on
other pages, but it probably can never be tiny.
On the current download-easy page, the bottom text "Looking for something
else? View All Downloads" seems just about perfect. I don't see any need
for "Advanced Choices" to be detailed on this page.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3590#comment:25>
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