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--- Quote from: bigmambi ---Cover art is now in SVN, and has been since 11/11/2007
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Oh no! I haven't checked the status in several days!

Thanks!

MarcGuay:

--- Quote from: Mikerman on November 20, 2007, 11:58:53 AM ---wondered if there should be a link at the top (perhaps right below the current "Why should you run Rockbox? Click here to find out" line), along the lines of,

"New to Rockbox?  Click here to find out all you need to initially know to install and use Rockbox."

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I've done a little work along these lines on the Port pages (Sansa e200, c200, iAudio).  When I first got here I went to the "in development" link on the frontpage, then to the Sansa e200 port page.  Not sure how common a route that is but anyway, I figure having a big "How to Install" section at the header of those pages might help to send some people in the right direction, and just to generally clean them up a bit and make them a one-stop-shop for each player.  I've kind of run out of steam on it though, if anyone wants to continue the mission...

Marc

cool_walking_:

--- Quote from: LambdaCalculus379 on November 20, 2007, 12:11:50 PM ---
--- Quote from: BigBambi on November 20, 2007, 12:09:39 PM ---people already can't seem to read/find either the manual link on the side of every page, or the list of supported models on the front page.

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Is that because most of the kids that come by are just too lazy to look, or can't be bothered to because "they know what they're doing"?  ;)

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Mind Of A Madman: Delving Into The Psyche Of A Rockbox.org Visitor.

I still remember what was going through my head the first time I happened across rockbox.org.  It was a simpler time then.  I was young and carefree, the world was my oyster.  But that would all change one fateful day. Now come with me on a journey into the Mind Of A Madman.

I saw the list of supported players, but years of web surfing has led me to take anything on the front page with a grain of salt, as the front page seems to be the least-updated page on software projects.  It seems to be a "write once, leave there forever" affair.

The various links under "documentation" (manual, wiki, index) led me to think "Why so many forms of documentation? Great, surely the one I pick to read is the out-of-date one."  Ooh, a forum - guaranteed up-to-date information.  Then I recalled some text accompanying the link leading me to Rockbox. Something along the lines of "The devs are very insistant that you read the manual. Read the manual. Read it. Now. Read the manual.", so I went off to read the manual, and what could have been a spate of stupid questions on my end, were (I think) averted.  I have shared my story with you, dear readers, so that you may benefit from it's chilling message.

Of course there are always people who will never RTFM, but for people like me, I think we just need some assurance that the information we are about to commit to spending time reading, is actually current.

I think we simply need a "Read the manual. Read it. We're very serious. Read the manual." on the frontpage, and perhaps a fake "last updated" date that is just set to [today-3] (gotta make it believable), so people "know" the front page is up to date.

EDIT: this board doesn't like angle brackets...

Llorean:
The front page has a "Last Updated" date on it. That's real.

cool_walking_:
Never seen that before. It's tiny, and right at the bottom of the page...

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