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

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  • Subject: [IDV #EBG-572751]: Suggestions for IDV webpages
  • Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 09:09:22 -0700
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: Open
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