Obscure Download Links

Dean Close dsclose at gmail.com
Sat Jan 2 12:23:38 PST 2010


Hi all,

I just spent 20 minutes looking for the OS X leopard dmg image for
MacPorts. It was very well hidden behind an ordinary link in an
ordinary paragraph with the label 'Leopard'. I'd just assumed the link
took me to detailed Leopard install instructions and, in my quest for
the dmg, didn't click it until all hope was lost.

I like the MacPorts project, I figured I should send a message out
telling people how difficult it is to install from what's given on the
current webpage!

Dean.

ps. Here's the paragraph, with Snow Leopard, Leopard and Tiger given
as links; "The easiest way to install MacPorts on a Mac OS X system is
by downloading the dmg for Snow Leopard, Leopard or Tiger,
respectively, and running the system's Installer by double-clicking on
the pkg contained therein, following the on-screen instructions until
completion."


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