Re: Web: Download: Add introductory text (issue 40510046)

[Graham Percival]

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 09:46:54AM +0000, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> On 2013/12/14 03:51:33, Graham Percival wrote:
> >Umm, isn't the whole point of this to be a warning?  Why are you
> removing the
> >warning CSS tag?
> 
> It's the whole point of this patch to raise this information to the
> level of regular website text.

Why?  So that it's not as obvious?  I imagine two situations in
which people download the binary without knowing what they're
getting.

1) they didn't notice the existing warning.  Solution: change the
CSS to make it more prominent.

2) they noticed the existing, read the "text input" page, but were
still confused.  Solution: improve the "text input" page.

Was it clear from the discussion on -user which of those problems
it was?

> From discussion in several quite diversified threads on lilypond-user it
> became clear that people (i.e. potential new users) have to get a
> clearer picture of what LilyPond and its infrastructure essentially are.
> This was the whole idea of starting a website review.

Ok.  That should be done in the introduction.  Maybe more images
on the Text input page?  Maybe another whole page about "sample
usage", or something like that?

... wait a moment, doesn't the Windows download page include
screenshots of how to use the lilypond binary?  Did people fail to
notice those screenshots?

> I don't think making the "Note" more visible will help with the fact
> that people reaching the homepage, then click on "Download" get the
> right picture from it. I think a regular box with "Before you proceed"
> and the second stopper "You just wnat a new version?" will be more
> effective than a warning box.

I'm fine with rewording the warning box.  Text like "before you
proceed" might be good.  However, I'm *not* fine with reproducing
a bunch of explanations about how lilypond works.  We have a place
to explain that: the introduction.  Either people aren't finding
"Text input", or "Text input" needs work.

- Graham