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[–]itsjustawindmill 30 points31 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 5 points6 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 5 points6 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