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[IDV #EBG-572751]: Suggestions for IDV webpages

Hi Jon,

I updated the verbage on the home page according to our discussion. Thanks again
for the suggestion.

Best,

Unidata IDV Support

> Hi Jon,
> 
> I agree about the home page. By the way, did you know the official name for 
> the
> Mac operating systems is now "macOS" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS)? So
> how about: "The Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) from Unidata is a free Java-based
> software framework for analyzing and visualizing geoscience data that runs on
> Windows, macOS, and Linux."
> 
> We are doing away with Solaris and SPARC so that's an accurate statement.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Unidata IDV Support
> 
> 
> > I was hunting to find the operating systems on which IDV runs. I finally
> > found it at
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/Starting.html#installers.
> >
> > To me, that information is important enough that it should be on the IDV
> > homepage, http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/. Perhaps the
> > description could be approximately:
> >
> > The Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) from Unidata is a free Java-based
> > software framework for analyzing and visualizing geoscience data that
> > runs under Windows, OS-X, and Linux.
> >
> > -------------------
> >
> > From the IDV homepage, I clicked on the "Download" option in the
> > left-had column.
> >
> > When I clicked on the question "Is registration necessary?", I was
> > overwhelmed by the length of the response. A short question deserves a
> > short answer, preferably a one or two sentence answer on the same page
> > as the question.
> >
> > -------------------
> >
> > Thanks for the great work that you do!
> >
> > Jon Ahlquist
> > Dept of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
> > Florida State University
> >
> >
> >
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: EBG-572751
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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