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I agree with all of what kalle said in the first post. I would add the following, using the same terminology to refer to different pages as kalle:

In a Program List page, such as http://maemo.org/downloads/OS2008/games/, allow clicking on the image to navigate to the Program page for that software (e.g. clicking on the image under the heading EightyOne would navigate to http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/eightyone/). At the moment clicking on the image zooms the image, but I think it's more logical to go to the Program page.

Similarly on the main http://maemo.org/downloads/OS2008/ page, allow clicking on the images to navigate to the Program page for that software. This is especially important for this page with the currently tiny text links which are a small target to hit.

On a Program page such as http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/eightyone/, clicking on an image zooms it, which is fine on this kind of page. However, it is unclear how to remove the zoom image - clicking outside it doesn't work, you have to click on the image itself. Maybe add a close button and/or allow clicking outside the image to dismiss it. As kalle says, it would be nice to see full-size 800x480 images when zoomed.

Also, the descriptions could be tidied up and more standardised. Looking at the first page of http://maemo.org/downloads/OS2008/games/, for example, the following could be improved:

- "EightyOne is part of the extras repository" seems messy - suggest remove.
- BattleGweled needs better description.
- Bomberman IT2008 - removed jargon "hildonized" and probably "Updated for OS2008"

(Please note that I'm not trying to criticise those particular apps - they are just the first ones I looked at!)

In general, are the descriptions modifiable by other members of the community, or only the original developers? It would be nice if the community could improve them in a wiki-like manner.

Last edited by pelago; 2009-10-22 at 13:14.
 

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