Re: [platform-releng-dev] Platform Build PAge

[Jeff McAffer <Jeff_McAffer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a good start.  I suspect
that there is a problem however in that when I look at the page (with IE
or Firefox) it is clear that the script embedded in it is broken.  I
see random text as shown below with broken links etc.  The links down
the left help but people should just see the world according to the OS/WS/ARCH
they are on from the very beginning.  It is a rare few who want to
download for the platform other than the one they are on.  Currently
you have to go to a tiny link on the top right to and click on Windows
(whatever).  Then you get to a page that is pretty reasonable except,...


- you can't tell what is a link and
what is not.  Partially this is because of the eclipse.org look that
is just so completley and utterly broken (dark purple and dark black are
pretty much the same color).  Just cause it is the Eclipse.org style
and they can't figure out how to fix it does not mean that our pages have
to be broken.  We can fix it.  We have the power to have our
own CSS files! (or whatever)

- the columns in each entry are too
wide such that some text ends up wrapping needlessly. This makes it hard
to read

- There is too much space.  The
list needs to be more compact so that people can see what they want all
at once rather than having to scroll.

- There is too much text describing
each drop.  We should just have one full page of all the descriptions
with anchors. Then the download page can link to the descriptions if users
want more info.

- the headings for each section seem
to be active (they change color when you hover over them) but do not seem
to do anything.

- the "Platform" column is
not needed since I just chose my platform to get to this page.  If
it is on this page it is relevant to my platform.

- the columns are not lined up from
one entry to the next

For each entry I suggest something like
Status        Description
               
               Download
       Size        File
               
       

where the Description is some very short
name/description.  The descriptoin itself should then just be a link
to an anchor on a page with the full descriptions.  For example, something
like the following is simple and clean.  it would fit all on one screen
and people can then just scan down the name/descirption column to see what
they want.


/        Full
Eclipse SDK                
               http/ftp
               120MB
       eclipse-SDK-I20060620-1010-win32.zip
(md5)
/        RCP
Runtime                
               
       http/ftp        
       9MB        eclipse-RCP-I20060620-1010-win32.zip
(md5)
/        RCP
SDK                
               
       http/ftp        
       17MB        eclipse-RCP-SDK-I20060620-1010-win32.zip
(md5)
/        Platform
Runtime                
               http/ftp
               9MB
       eclipse-RCP-I20060620-1010-win32.zip
(md5)
/        Platform
SDK                
               
       http/ftp        
       17MB        eclipse-RCP-SDK-I20060620-1010-win32.zip
(md5)
/        JDT
Runtime                
               
       http/ftp        
       9MB        eclipse-RCP-I20060620-1010-win32.zip
(md5)
/        JDT
SDK                
               
       http/ftp        
       17MB        eclipse-RCP-SDK-I20060620-1010-win32.zip
(md5)
/        PDE
Runtime                
               
       http/ftp        
       9MB        eclipse-RCP-I20060620-1010-win32.zip
(md5)
/        PDE
SDK                
               
       http/ftp        
       17MB        eclipse-RCP-SDK-I20060620-1010-win32.zip
(md5)
/        JUnit
Plugin Testing Framework            
           http/ftp  
             0MB  
     eclipse-test-framework-I20060620-1010.zip (md5)
/        Automated
Tests                
               http/ftp
               82MB
       eclipse-test-framework-I20060620-1010.zip
(md5)
/        Eclipse
SDK Examples                
               http/ftp
               3MB
       eclipse-examples-I20060620-1010-win32.zip
(md5)

Jeff


Snippet of what I see when I go to the
link provided...

getClientOS(); if($clientOS == "win32")
{ $clientOS = Windows; $link = "winPlatform.php#EclipseSDK";
echo "

\"Download   Download now:
Eclipse SDK, $clientOS

  You are currently running on
$clientOS"; } else if($clientOS == "mac") { $clientOS =
Macintosh; $link = "macPlatform.php#EclipseSDK"; echo "

\"Download   Download now:
Eclipse SDK, $clientOS

  You are currently running on
$clientOS"; } else if($clientOS == "linux") { $clientOS
= Linux; $link = "linPlatform.php#EclipseSDK"; echo "

\"Download   Download now:
Eclipse SDK, $clientOS

  You are currently running on
$clientOS"; } else { $link = "index.php#EclipseSDK"; echo
"

\"Download   Download now:
Eclipse SDK

"; } ?>

Performance results now available";
} echo "$line"; $servername = $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"];
if (! preg_match("/.eclipse.org/i",$servername)) { echo "To

Haytham Yassine/Ottawa/IBM@IBMCA
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06/23/2006 01:49 PM

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Subject	[platform-releng-dev] Platform Build PAge

Hello,
We have launched a test prototype of the new Platform Build Page for people
to try.
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/I20060620-1010/test/
The page is organized into tabs, each of which is specific to a
certain operating system. Please be advised that:
      -The test results page is still under construction.
      -The links to the drops are dummy links and aren't
functional yet.
      -If you have specific comments on how to improve this
page, append
your comments to this bug
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=58101
Thankyou.

Haytham Yassine

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