Download page @Ubuntu.com

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

On Dec 20, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> ...
> The future is with country based mirrors and DNS and all kinds of other
> goodies. So we will make this easier and users won't have to choose a
> mirror at all. It will automatically detect their location and give 
> them a link to the closest mirror. (however, there will be a list that 
> people can click out to in case they want to see the mirrors)

Excellent!

> Our goal is to decrease the number of decisions a person has to make in
> order to get the CD onto their computer. Therefore in February (we
> think) we will be completely overhauling that functionality of the
> website. If you're into fun games, you should start on www.ubuntu.com
> and count how many decisions you have to make in order to get a .iso
> file downloaded. You'll probably laugh.
> ...

So probably it should be
(1) choose which variety you want
(2) choose download/ShipIt/Amazon/etc (methods depending on the variety)
(3) fill out any form necessary (e.g. ShipIt request, Amazon order).

With JavaScript, (1) and (2) could be on the same page.

Cheers
-- 
Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/