On 10/16/12 3:29 PM, Andrew Lewman wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:55:02 -0400 > Greg Norcie <g...@norcie.com> wrote: >> 1.) Include small windows, apple, and tux logos on the download link >> on the main tor page... these could serve as a symbolic cue that it >> is a download link. > > We had these in the past and people didn't recognize their own OS or > what they were. Those interviewed thought they were just odd > icons. However, I'm open to trying again. Maybe we have a new userbase.
I'd say as long as they didn't actively confuse users, they'd be a good addition. Users who don't understand them will not be harmed, but those who do recognize them will be helped. >> 2.) Once on the download page, in the drop down list of languages that >> is defaulted to "English" include a US and UK flag. Include flags from >> representative countries in each language[1]. This is a common design >> pattern on sites being accesed by many people speaking many languages >> (eg: transit sites based in Europe) > > We had this in the past. The problem we ran into is people getting > really angry, or thoroughly confused, at the flag not matching their > language. You noted this in your footnote too. I don't have a good > option for this. Suggestions, advice, and patches welcome. > > Making the language drop down larger can possibly help. Could you put a graphic that says "language" in several languages? (Whatever the top 5/10 most used are). Even if someone isn't in that set, they've probably seen similar design choices in airports etc denoting the same phrase in many languages. -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
