x86_64 and get.fpo

[Máirín Duffy]

Hey folks,

A couple of desktop devels brought to my attention that we
actually make it easier to download ppc than x86_64, the
latter which is likely a lot more common.

I think we can approach solving this in a few different ways:

1. Add another button for x86_64, and place it above the PPC
button.

2. Take away the PPC button, and replace it with a 'Other
Architectures: x86_64, ppc, etc.' button.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
~m

[Mike McGrath]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> A couple of desktop devels brought to my attention that we
> actually make it easier to download ppc than x86_64, the
> latter which is likely a lot more common.
>
> I think we can approach solving this in a few different ways:
> Add another button for x86_64, and place it above the PPC
>
> button.
> Take away the PPC button, and replace it with a 'Other
>
> Architectures: x86_64, ppc, etc.' button.
>
> Any ideas?

I have no ideas but I do have data:

i686: 73.8%
x86_64: 25.7%
ppc: 0.5%

http://smolts.org/static/stats/stats.html

So yes, we should make it easier to get x86_64 :)

-Mike

[Ricky Zhou]

On 2009-01-30 02:38:57 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> A couple of desktop devels brought to my attention that we
> actually make it easier to download ppc than x86_64, the
> latter which is likely a lot more common.
>
> I think we can approach solving this in a few different ways:
> Add another button for x86_64, and place it above the PPC
>
> button.
> Take away the PPC button, and replace it with a 'Other
>
> Architectures: x86_64, ppc, etc.' button.

Hm, if we included a special page for x86_64, we'd probably want to do
the same for live images as well.  How would we want to make all of
those options clear without the user have to click through another level
of links?

Thanks,
Ricky