For those wondering the "winner" of the Geolocation JavaScript API
poll was IP Info DB, with over 50% of the votes (of around 100.)
Ironically it maintained this percentage through-out the polling
period.
Today I've written some JavaScript code which uses this API to do the
sorting of Haiku mirrors (which I'm calling download locations), and
Jorge has put it on the download test page. I want to do some more
testing of this obviously before we get inundated with downloaders on
the release day.
So please go to the page at the bottom of this email and see if it
tells you your location and sorts the download list properly. Each
location will have the distance between you and it (over the surface
of the Earth.) Those in the US will see distances in miles, the rest
of the world will see kilometers (it's not exactly high class
localization, but I think it is a decent compromise.) For those with
Firefox please check your JavaScript error console or Firebug if you
have any problems.
If it works, great, no need to respond here. If it doesn't, please try
to give me some details. Also the styling is still in flux and we know
the orange highlight doesn't blend well with the external link marker
images.
Here is the page in question: http://production.web.haiku-os.org/get-haiku
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Regards,
Ryan
