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| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: installer user interface glitch ? |
| Date | 2015-11-02 12:50 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.46.1446429045.4463.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
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On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 03:43 am, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> Remember, people can click a direct download link >> *on the python.org front page* and be immediately downloading Python 2 >> or 3 for the OS that the browser announces. Where would you put the >> big fat noisy warning? > > Maybe the website shouldn't do that then. > > Seriously, if the browser announces Windows XP, it's probably not a good > idea to download a version which is known not to work with XP... Maybe Laura would know how plausible this is, but... I expect most people who go to the front page are looking for the "one most obvious download". (Okay, we have two - 2.7 and 3.x - but leaving that aside.) There's detection of what your OS is, which then selects an appropriate download file; it'd be really cool if a browser UA that represents XP would cause the link to point to 3.4 instead of 3.5. Or would that cause more confusion than it solves? ChrisA
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Re: installer user interface glitch ? Chris Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2015-11-01 11:06 +0100
Re: installer user interface glitch ? rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-11-01 07:43 -0800
Re: installer user interface glitch ? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 02:52 +1100
Re: installer user interface glitch ? rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-11-01 08:24 -0800
Re: installer user interface glitch ? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 03:43 +1100
Re: installer user interface glitch ? rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-11-01 11:41 -0800
Re: installer user interface glitch ? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-11-01 20:46 +0000
Re: installer user interface glitch ? Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-01 22:48 +0100
Re: installer user interface glitch ? rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-11-02 07:53 -0800
Re: installer user interface glitch ? boB Stepp <robertvstepp@gmail.com> - 2015-11-01 16:28 -0600
Re: installer user interface glitch ? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 09:38 +1100
Re: installer user interface glitch ? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-11-01 19:50 -0500
Re: installer user interface glitch ? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-11-02 12:32 +1100
Re: installer user interface glitch ? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-02 12:50 +1100
Re: installer user interface glitch ? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-11-03 09:04 +0000
Re: installer user interface glitch ? Michiel Overtoom <motoom@xs4all.nl> - 2015-11-01 16:54 +0100
Re: installer user interface glitch ? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-11-01 20:02 -0500
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