Re: PATCH: Add link to help page to Windows download

[Carl D. Sorensen]

On 3/25/09 7:33 AM, "Graham Percival" <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 05:44:10PM -0600, Carl D. Sorensen wrote:
>> I've added a patch to put a reference to the non-graphical nature of
>> LilyPond on the Windows download page for 2.12.2.
> 
> ...
> I really don't think this will help.  Basically, it makes the
> mistake of adding information instead of taking information away.
> But hey, it doesn't break the webpage, so we might as well apply
> it.  Done.

> 
> The click-through idea will be much better, but there's no harm
> doing this for the next 3 months until that's online.
> 
I agree that it would be better to have a system that removes information,
until it can't be misunderstood.

But that's a major rework.

In the mean time, adding redundant information in multiple places might
increase the chance of somebody actually reading it.  I don't think it
decreases the chances.

Thanks,

Carl