From: Glenn Smith Date: 2006-02-19T06:36:43+09:00 Subject: Re: Don't let this happen to Ruby, pleeeeease? ------=_Part_4626_12597658.1140298587017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I have seen the mock-ups of the new website - they sure is purrrdee. I did a google on SCADS - top link is: "*Stamp Collectors against Dodgy Sellers" :o) * On 18/02/06, James Britt wrote: > > Glenn Smith wrote: > > Sorry, posted my rant, then disappeared for two days! > > > ... > > > > > > Am I asking a lot? Well pop over to python.org (and not python.com lik= e > I > > keep making the mistake of going to!) and it's there - new release plus > a > > "what's new", same for the previous two releases. Installers for > Windows > > (32 and 64-bit!), and tar.gz's for everybody else (maybe now Mac's are > based > > on unix it's easy for them just to run "make"?). > > > > Fair-do's to Curt for his excelent one-click windows installer, but if > that > > is to be the only simple method for eejits like me (and a million > others, no > > doubt) then surely this warrants at the very least a mention and a > > direct-link on the front-page of ruby-lang.org? > > There is a redesign underway (modulo the time constraints of Real Life) > of the ruby-lang homepage which, if the various comps are indicative, > should clear up some of these issues by making it easier to find stuff. > > > > -- > James Britt > > http://www.ruby-doc.org - Ruby Help & Documentation > http://www.artima.com/rubycs/ - The Journal By & For Rubyists > http://www.rubystuff.com - The Ruby Store for Ruby Stuff > http://www.jamesbritt.com - Playing with Better Toys > http://www.30secondrule.com - Building Better Tools > > -- All the best Glenn Aylesbury, UK ------=_Part_4626_12597658.1140298587017--