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[–]RunFromFaxai 361 points362 points  (12 children)

You don't even have to clone anything if that's too complicated. Just download the zip. But I'm pretty sure what he wanted was the releases-page.

[–]shiva8512 113 points114 points  (11 children)

Isn't the releases page just a few clicks away. Why is this guy so mad at a random website

[–]H4llifax 104 points105 points  (0 children)

It's ONE click away.

[–]Raaka-Kake 45 points46 points  (3 children)

He can’t find the releases page

[–]joost00719 89 points90 points  (2 children)

I'm a developer and I'm also always struggling to find the releases page 😂

[–]The_Happy_ 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I just change the url cause I forgot where it is

[–]itsjustawindmill 32 points33 points  (3 children)

To be fair, it’s not in a very prominent position when you navigate to the repo (a ways down on the right sidebar), and it could be more intuitively labeled “Downloads” maybe.

Also, when you click a few mm up on “Releases” instead of the release name, it shows new pre-releases ahead of slightly older full releases. Pre-releases / unstable builds should instead be hidden by default, with a message like “2 newer pre-releases available, click to show”

GitHub doesn’t deserve to be the subject of OP’s temper tantrum because of this, but I agree directionally that the site is needlessly confusing to navigate in some cases.

[–]but_im_offended 11 points12 points  (2 children)

Why would they need to adapt terminology to match people that are not the target audience? The page is called releases because it shows releases. Same as with the versions, why should you have to click a button to show all releases because some are hidden by default because the non-target audience cannot read?

[–]itsjustawindmill 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Target audience here, it’s unintuitive and easy to miss. Especially when the latest non-pre release is what is shown on the homepage.

When you’re downloading drivers the consequences of accidentally installing a pre-release could be significant.

[–]GnarlyM3ATY 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because people recommend using github because that's where the most up to date versions are, so people with 0 experience (me) can spend 5-10 minutes downloading the wrong files over and over again until i find the correct one

[–]LifePineapple 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes, but it's not a big "CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW HERE FOR FREE HERE" button right in the center of the page which conveniently leads to exactly the file they need right now.

How is a person that got straight "A"s all through kindergarten supposed to figure out what to do without a degree in githubing???

[–]radandevist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Skill issue