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Re: Bug report: Make the main advert on the downloads page less confusing

From: Brad Stiles <bradley.stiles_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:04:23 -0500

> When you disable Adblock, the TortoiseSVN download page includes an
> advert at the top with a large orange lozenge marked "click here". A
> user instructed to go to the download page will click on that lozenge no
> matter what they're told to do, then wonder why TortoiseSVN isn't
> installing.

Don't instruct inexperienced users to go to the web and download the
software themselves. Download it for them, and direct them to the
location in which you've stored it. In addition to being easy for
most users, it will provide you with a way to guide, if not control,
the updates they install.

Brad

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