Just a quick note from someone from a "less tech-savvy groups".... as well as someone who would potentially be helping other less tech-savvy people in forums. What's a torrent?
Of course I'll be looking it up here shortly. And I'll be glad to help other people, once I understand it myself.
Maybe it could be one option, among the usual straight-forward download options.?
All best :-)
From: Josh Andler Sent: Friday, November 28, 2014 3:02 PM To: Martin Owens Cc: Inkscape Devel List Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Downloads Exception
On Nov 28, 2014 12:39 PM, "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...400...> wrote:
I think we have room for torrents as a favoured method, it doesn't have to make things vastly more complex. That's just going to be presentation. I like the idea of our mirrors being in the torrent though, that's very cool.
Scrapbookers and grade school children... we have a number of users in these groups (among other less tech-savvy groups). Unless you know of a way to torrent without requiring a special application for it, it's just a potential source of confusion for these people. If I go to download something on someone else's computer for them or give them a link it's going to be a direct download. Even for myself I only opt for torrent downloads for large files or in special cases. I don't think I'm alone in that. I'm not saying I'm against torrents as an option. It's just less straight forward than it should be for the average user and I'm not sure how prominent of an option it should be. Cheers, Josh
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