Download page needs a tidy up

[Manu]

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.


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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