tweaking text on the ghc downloads page

[Gershom B]

Ok, this is now done. Rather than “Stop” it now says the hopefully slightly less confusing “Take Notice,” and the text is otherwise as I proposed.

I agree that this is only a tiny step in a more general streamining of this whole process.

Cheers,
Gershom


On June 26, 2015 at 11:29:25 AM, Mark Lentczner (mark.lentczner at gmail.com) wrote:
> Well - it isn't objectionable.... but it is, at best, a stop gap.
>  
> Ultimately, what people want when they want to get Haskell installed is a
> big button marked "Download" - that when pressed starts the download
> immediately. This is true for beginners and seasoned users alike. It is
> true on all web sites for all things.
>  
> Every link we put in their way looses some percentage, and increases the
> frustration of others. This change makes it:
>  
>  
> 1) Google search GHC
>  
> 2) "Latest news...", search and find Download in left bar, click
>  
> 3) "Stop! ...", click downloads
> 4) "You've got options ...", click "Platform
> 5) "Download button", click
>  
>  
> (That last one is actually another click and page load, but we'll be
> putting the download buttons on the first Platform page in this round.)
>  
> The Platform team built and proposed a page for #3 (the
> haskell.org/downloads) page, that included the Download button for Platform
> on the detected users's OS, and had top bar links to other options. The
> sequence should be this:
>  
> 1) Google search GHC
>  
> 2) "GHC is cool... Get it with a full Haskell distribution", click
>  
> 3) (on haskell.org/downloads): "Download Haskell Platform... Download
> button", click
>  
> A page for #3 was built by the Haskell Platform team that included links to
> other options. You can preview it here:
>  
> http://45.55.156.136:8000/demo-3200/download-plan-a2.html
>  
>  
> — Mark
>