[Gimp-web] menu structure

David Marrs David.Marrs at myrealbox.com
Wed Mar 28 12:26:22 PDT 2007


Raphaël Quinet wrote:
> Unfortunately, this patch is not a good idea because it does the OS
> detection on the server side.  This will not work.  There is a good
> reason why the automatic download buttons used by Mozilla and other
> sites do the OS detection using client-side Javascript code: anything
> done on the server side may be cached by proxies.
> 
This is what I like about these sorts of projects: you learn stuff. :) I'd not 
considered the proxy issue. I'll have another go using javascript.

> The download button should really be a direct link to the file, without
> having to go through the intermediate pages.
I hear you. If all goes well with 2.4's all-in-one installer then this won't be 
an issue. Otherwise we can redesign or remove the feature at a later date. For 
now I think the current link is a good compromise.

Thanks for the feedback.

Davidm



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