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Bug 319068 - Website design issue
Summary: Website design issue
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 238701
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Website (show other bugs)
Version: 3.6   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-Doc-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2010-07-06 20:30 EDT by John CLA
Modified: 2010-07-27 15:38 EDT (History)
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Description John CLA 2010-07-06 20:30:54 EDT
Build Identifier: irrelevant

When trying to run the qt-designer after installing the latest qt and eclipse I had an issue with it not running the mingw so doing some research I decided I needed to make sure I installed the right version of eclipse.  This is where I learned of ganymede and helios and other version.  Not what they are but that they existed.  Trying to learn more all I could discover is a list of projects but not what they are in and of themselves.  The eclipse website is poorly designed and should be more product/project aligned, or more specifically product then project aligned.  So far all I can determine is that you have no real help without first being tricked into joining a newsfeed and that there really is no product explanation of helios and ganymede or that it is hard to locate...still searching...if I am complaining about it there are at least ten others that feel the same and many more that have turned away...

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. forget all you know about eclipse already (get a newbie for god's sake)
2. open the website in a browser
3. try to find an explanation of what ganymede is and how is it different from helios
Comment 1 John CLA 2010-07-06 20:32:14 EDT
contact me with a link to a description of what is ganymede vs helios vs other products or dont bother contacting me
Comment 2 Miles Parker CLA 2010-07-07 01:27:34 EDT
Hi John,

You might find this link helpful..its reachable from a banner ad at the top of the eclipse home page but that's rotating. 

http://www.eclipse.org/helios/

"Eclipse Helios is the annual release of Eclipse projects in 2010; this year 39 project teams are part of the release."

The downloads page is the best place to learn about specific products:

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

hth,

Miles
Comment 4 Dani Megert CLA 2010-07-07 05:11:47 EDT
>2. open the website in a browser
What website? eclipse.org?
Comment 5 John Arthorne CLA 2010-07-27 15:38:25 EDT

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 238701 ***