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Bug 193391

Summary: improve icons on download page
Product: [Technology] EPP Reporter: Mik Kersten <mik.kersten>
Component: InstallerAssignee: Project Inbox <epp.installer-inbox>
Status: CLOSED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: 0.5.0 M2   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Whiteboard:

Description Mik Kersten CLA 2007-06-19 16:11:05 EDT
The current download page is very concise, easy to use and looks great.  Some icon suggestions:
* I find the bean for Java to be confusing, because when I see the bean I think of JEE.  Consider using the package icon from the wizard set, because packages are synonymous with Java.
* JEE icon is great.
* C++ may also be confusing for anyone who has used JDT.  Perhaps ask the CDT guys for an icon or consider adding a ++ into the sphere.
* PDE icon is great.
* The Eclipse classic icon looks poor and would probably be better as the regular purple logo.  I don't think that there is any need to visually discourage people from downloading Eclipse Classic, especially since this page is (hopefully) destined to replace the default download page.  I do like the name "Eclipse Classic" though.  But it 

Other stuff:
* I also wonder if Eclipse distros should be called Third-Party Distros to make it clear why they're different than the distros above them.
* The "Get Eclipse" heading seems a bit redundant and could be removed.

Regarding the JRE warning, note that Mylyn will now show a dialog if it has been installed into an incompatible JRE (e.g. 1.4 and lower).  This was partly motivated by the EPP project in order to avoid confusion (bug 188984).
Comment 1 Markus Knauer CLA 2007-06-20 05:14:32 EDT
See also Bug 187879
RFC : Eclipse.org Download Page Prototype
Comment 2 Markus Knauer CLA 2011-05-20 06:14:49 EDT
Closing as FIXED.