well, as a contra :-) <br><br>desk top publishing is complex and should not be dumbed down.<br><br>Here is my suggestion for the Mac Download page<br><br>"<small>A word about download size: Scribus is a complex system with lots of advanced features. To bring this good stuff on your specific system, we created a complete package that is simple for you to install. Unfortunatly this comes with the cost of large package size. Thanks for your patience while downloading.</small>".<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">Am 29. November 2011 07:56 schrieb ale rimoldi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale.comp_06@xox.ch">ale.comp_06@xox.ch</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">hi<br>
<br>
> > > as requested, i've tested the .dmg on lion:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > - the .dmg is too big. i wonder if there shouldn't be a light<br>
> > > version of the .dmg without python and gs... (if they're the<br>
> > > ones to blame)<br>
> > Python is from the system it is installed on. gs is not<br>
> > included.<br>
> ><br>
> > The aspell directory is almost 300Mb.. feel free to select<br>
> > which dictionaries we should distribute to get this down.<br>
<br>
</div>i would suggest to create a light version of the dmg with only english<br>
spelling check (or en, de, fr, pt-br, nl to cover the most<br>
important languages) and no python in there.<br>
<br>
one can choose to download the full package or the light one (and at a<br>
later time -- if she notices that something is missing -- the full one).<br>
<br>
i wasn't suggesting to strip down the .dmg. just to offer a second one<br>
which is not as big to download.<br>
this only matters if we can strip it down in a noticeable way!<br>
<br>
i don't really care about the disk space (well, i was a bit scared<br>
when i saw that it was installing a couple of gigas... but then i<br>
realized how big my disk is...), but we should be careful with the time<br>
it takes to download (personally, i have no problem in downloading<br>
150MB... but other people do...)<br>
<br>
downloading scribus is the first impression somebody has of scribus! it<br>
should be a pleasant one!<br>
<br>
ciao<br>
<font color="#888888">a.l.e<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Gruß, Stefan<br>