Re: [Xconq-general] Re: New Xconq Prerelease

["Andreas Bringedal" <anbring@online.no>]

>>One thing though.  For us computer illiterate people(of which there are
>> more of than one might think) it's rather confusing to have a zillion download options.  
>> Would it be easily doably to highlight the
>> playable download file among all the others uninteresting files(uninteresting for the pure player) in red or green?   
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=124062&package_id=135573&release_id=285719
> 
> Is that better?

Umm, not really.  Perhaps I should illustrate what I read when I see that page for the first time.   It looks something like this:

Xconq7.5gobblegobblegobble
Xconq7.5gobblegobblegobble size gobble gobble gobblewinexe
Xconq7.5gobblegobblegobble size gobble gobble gobblewinexe
Xconq7.5gobblegobblegobble size gobble gobble gobblewinexe



 
> BTW, almost everything listed there is "playable". Some of it is 
> "playable" on Linux, and some of it must be compiled before it is 
> "playable". Windows isn't the only platform in the universe.
> 
>>Sure, even I
>> managed to find the .exe win 32 bit file 
> 
> Yes, I made sure it had "SETUP" in all uppercase letters for the 
> computer illiterate and other Windows users. ;-)
> 
> FYI, 39 of the 52 downloads in the previous file release were for the 
> Windows installer, and it did not have "SETUP" in all uppercase letters, 
> and it was not even the first download on the list.
> 
>>but I had to search through the rest of the non interesting stuff and it would be rather
>> player friendly to have the player executable file highlighted.  I wouldn't be surprised it there are even greater degrees of
>> computer illiterate people than me that couldn't be bothered to figure it out.
> 
> In the future, I'll just quote the URL for the new file release and not 
> for all the other Xconq-related package sections.
> 
>> Btw, great work. It's fun to lurk around when so much is happening.
> 
> Thanks. It is indeed an exciting time for Xconq development.
> 
> Eric
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