Download page needs a tidy up

[Manu]

On 22 August 2013 13:23, Manu <turkeyman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I got the latest GDC from dlang.org/download, but it doesn't work.
> libiconv-2.dll (and possibly others?) is not included in the package.
>
> If this depends on another package being present, there is no text
> anywhere along the download path to inform the user.
>

And if I try the older 4.6.1 toolchain, it complains about libgmp-3.dll
missing (and maybe others).

On 22 August 2013 13:07, Manu <turkeyman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So I'm trying to find windows binaries for GDC and LDC...
>>
>> First place I look is dlang.org/download. Appears to be for DMD... keep
>> looking.
>>
>> I look at the GDC/LDC wiki pages. No links to binaries anywhere.
>> GDC and LDC home pages... no links to binaries.
>> Github doesn't host binaries anymore...
>>
>> Where are they?
>>
>> Turns out there are links to the GDC binaries (hosted on bitbucket) on
>> dlang.org/download.
>> ...I didn't previously notice they were there, never scrolled down far
>> enough. The impression you get from the top of the page is that dlang.orgis just DMD related, and I quickly dismissed it previously >_<
>>
>> But there's still no LDC binary there... where is it?
>>
>> This needs to be fixed. You can argue I'm retarded and ignorant, but as
>> an end user, it should take me no more than 5 seconds to find the download
>> button.
>>
>> I suggest, on the front page of dlang.org, there should be a MASSIVE
>> button: "DOWNLOAD D COMPILERS", and the download page should be tweaked to
>> be more obviously compiler agnostic.
>>
>> D1 and DMC consume an unreasonable amount of realestate, hiding GDC/LDC
>> (surely basically nobody is looking for those?), perhaps they should be
>> reduced to small test links with the other links down the bottom of the
>> page?
>> This will allow room to present GDC and LDC without scrolling.
>>
>> And why is there no LDC binary?
>>
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