#16915: Haiku Stable Download Page Improvements
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Reporter: jt15s | Owner: nobody
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: - General | Version: R1/beta2
Keywords: | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Platform: All
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Creating a ticket on Trac so the developers can keep track of the issue.
Original forum thread here: https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/improvements-
to-haiku-download-pages/10618/
**A modified version of my original feedback:**
The Promotion Team had a bit of a discussion the other about the Haiku
download experience, with shaka444 pointing out that the current downloads
page at https://www.haiku-os.org/get-haiku/r1beta2/ may be confusing for a
first-time visitor. He recommends that links to download the latest stable
version be added to the top of the downloads page, which could be
something like this:
Click here to download Beta 2 (Stable Official Release)
x86 (for older machines and BeOS compatibility)
x86_64 (for newer machines but may not run some BeOS software)
We could make some buttons based on the current download now button on the
Haiku homepage to spice things up a bit.
Since there are multiple download mirrors, we could implement some sort of
script which would determine the best available mirror to download Haiku
from upon clicking the proposed new buttons.
**Additionally, some input from PulkoMandy:**
Generally I agree that the current download page (https://www.haiku-os.org
/get-haiku/r1beta2/) isn’t great. Before you can get to the actual
download link you have to go through:
A thing asking you to donate money
Some info about the current version
Instructions for updating an existing system
Instructions for writing the downloaded image to disk
At this point, probably you are already scrolling past all this without
even reading it
A table of mirror locations and architectures you have to pick from
Why can’t it be as simple as ‘click “get haiku”’ -> the download starts ?
(In response to my suggestion about adding a script to determine the best
download mirror):
We used to have this (guessing from the IP address and geolocating the
user thanks to this) but I see it was removed. I think it is not possible
anymore since we switched the website to Netlify? Or at least the existing
script couldn’t be reused and we need to adjust it.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/16915>
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