[Starkit] styled version of tclkit download matrix

Jean-Claude Wippler jcw at equi4.com
Mon May 8 22:25:42 CEST 2006


Jeff Hobbs wrote:

> Jean-Claude Wippler wrote:
>> below.  Will probably need to refine this one day, the matrix is
>> starting to become quite large.  Perhaps a separate table with only
>> the most recent version for quick access?
>
> I would recommend an auto-detect for the current platform, and  
> reversing your
> ordering.  Auto-detect is becoming common for downloads (VLC,  
> mozilla, etc use
> the trick).  I use it for the plugin:
> 	http://www.tcl.tk/software/plugin/
>
> However, the tclkit downloads are likely often accessed for  
> multiple platforms
> (or not your current one), but you could make the auto-detected  
> platform the
> first line (and repeat it in the alphabetical order).
>
> Also, I would reverse the order, and perhaps break into beta/stable  
> versions.
> That would make the top-left entry the most recent stable version  
> for your
> platform.
>
> My CAD$.03,

Yeah, I thought of reversing it as well.  Did that part, and reduced  
font size a bit (or is that too small?).  Also added a note that you  
get additional info when hovering over a specific entry.

The autodetect part I'll be happy to leave to someone more versed in  
web-lingo than me...

(now that this thing uses styles, it wouldn't be too hard to drop the  
JS dependency again btw - just would need to add a tag on each odd  
row in the generated page)

There are probably even better ways to present this info, but still -  
I think this is already an improvement.

-jcw




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