On 17/09/14 22:17, "Knoll Lars" <lars.kn...@digia.com> wrote:
>On 17/09/14 21:55, "Mark Gaiser" <mark...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Kuba Ober <k...@mareimbrium.org> wrote: >>> I’d like to personally scold whoever came up with the idea of starting >>>the “default” download at www.qt.io/download-open-source. I, for one, >>>never download the default installer since it was always subtly broken >>>in one fashion or another, I always build from source. So now, the >>>genius responsible for this is also responsible for wasting tons of >>>bandwidth for useless downloads, and for wasting 20MB *repeatedly* off >>>of my 1GB monthly mobile plan. Thank you very much (NOT). > >Well, most sites out there I know start a download automatically if you >click on a download button (which you probably did from qt.io/download to >get to the page you mentioned). Adding to myself: But I agree that downloading to a phone doesn't make too much sense, and we should probably detect that you look at the site from a mobile device. That part sounds like a plain old bug. >>> So much for the usability of the new site, and for wishing to explore >>>it from a phone. The person responsible should be scolded until it sinks >>>in. I’m not kidding. This is form over substance at its finest. I like >>>modern designs, but they must be actually usable. qt.io right now is >>>like a very well manicured pig (with apologies to bacon). >> >>Why so hostile? >>Please try to give constructive feedback to those making the site. > >Yes, please. The site is new, and there are bugs in there and things that >are not perfect. We still have a long list of known issues that need to be >sorted out. Still we feel that the site is now in a state that is is a >clear improvement over the old qt.digia.com site. We launched it because >of that and to be able to collect feedback from the community and our >users. > >Cheers, >Lars > >_______________________________________________ >Development mailing list >Development@qt-project.org >http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
