[tor-bugs] #4511 [Website]: Download page lacks anchors for direct links to the various sections

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#4511: Download page lacks anchors for direct links to the various sections
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 Reporter:  phobos   |          Owner:  phobos
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal   |      Milestone:        
Component:  Website  |        Version:        
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Comment(by jmtodaro):

 Replying to [comment:3 phobos]:
 > I don't like your proposed changes.

 Awww...

 >First, it didn't auto-detect my operating system.

 Which OS would that be? I'll look into it. It appears to be working for me
 on linux.

 > Second, it makes the page one long page that you cannot shorten.

 I'm assuming you are addressing the 'all downloads' page here. I don't
 think shortening the page is that important seeing as how this is a
 secondary download page now. Plus the accordion script does not play nice
 with anchors unless it is fully expanded by default. Otherwise you end up
 on the wrong part of the page due to the non-javascript fallback.

 > Third, it pushes the donation widget out of site.

 The side nav isn't necessary on the download-easy page, I just figured it
 might be handy. We could get rid of that and bump the donation box up to
 the top no problem. Or just swap places even.

 However, since the full download page is not the primary download page, I
 don't think it's that big of a deal here. It is still mostly visible at
 1024x768 resolution and well visible at anything higher. We could swap
 places here too, but navigation above the donation box just seemed more
 natural.

 Due to the large volume of packages on this page I think fully expanded
 sections with a navigation menu would be more appropriate here than the
 current accordion. I fear some people might not realize the packages are
 nested in a collapsed accordion menu, and simply get the impression that
 the page hasn't loaded properly.

 > Is it possible to simply add an anchor to the existing pages?

 Not 'simply' =). With download-easy it required reworking the scripts to
 bypass the auto detect feature only when using an anchor link and display
 the section specified by the hash.

 The full download page will require significant work to use anchors
 properly with the current accordion menu unless we expand it by default.
 In which case we should still have some sort of side nav in my opinion,
 whether above or below the donation box. And if we expand it by default,
 and have a side nav, then the accordion feature isn't really all that
 useful anymore, so why keep it around? It was really only useful when this
 was the primary download page and we detected the os & kept the visitor
 from being overwhelmed with packages. But now, when someone visits the
 page through the website, they are specifically seeking 'all downloads'
 (or soon maybe a specific section via an anchor link) so it seems like
 displaying all by default is the natural thing to do. I personally feel
 like adding page anchors would be more useful than retaining any accordion
 functionality on this page.

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