2010/5/26 Máirín Duffy <duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > The links you referenced were removed quite explicitly in the design. > The assumption was that if someone understands how to use bittorrent, > jigdo, and mirror lists, they are more than capable of making use of a > search engine to find them. I hope that this thread is a demonstration that folks who *could* use a search engine may have been well-served by a page design that didn't deliberately exclude them. > Unsurprisingly, the first links for each > 'fedora torrent', 'fedora mirrors', and 'fedora jigdo' on Google direct > you to the correct location. However, for those users who don't > understand what those things are and don't need them, the new design is > a vast improvement in preventing them from having to navigate around a > cluttered grid of links full of complicated jargon in order to get > Fedora. A search engine would not be of any use in solving their > problem. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who wasted a considerable amount of time looking for options that, although quite reasonably expected to be, simply weren't there. The fact that a search engine is available doesn't imply that it's my first choice, especially when I think I know where to find my answers without it. -Alan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
