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Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:37:31 +0100
From: John Embretsen <John.Embretsen@Sun.COM>
Subject: Re: Holistic getting started approach
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Jean T. Anderson wrote:


> (3) It's hard to find the downloads
> 
> I'm surprised by the number of requests I get which are "where are the 
> downloads?" Even though downloads are on the home tab, they clearly 
> aren't visible. So make downloads its own tab?
> 
> The real estate of a web browser can accommodate only so many tabs, so 
> we have to choose carefully. I'm hoping to free up some time soon to 
> look more closely at each of these areas.

That is somewhat surprising, yes. One alternative approach that might 
help (if adding a new "Downloads" tab is too much), is to add a 
"Downloads" section (with links to the real downloads page) high up on 
the main page (somewhere around "News" and "Derby Project Charter"). 
Those headings are among the firsts things I notice when I go to 
http://db.apache.org/derby/. Just a thought.


-- 
John