[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #3580: wordpress.org/download meaning of "F5" not clear

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#3580: wordpress.org/download meaning of "F5" not clear
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 Reporter:  nickshanks     |        Owner:  matt  
     Type:  defect         |       Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:        
Component:  WordPress.org  |      Version:        
 Severity:  trivial        |   Resolution:  fixed 
 Keywords:                 |  
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Changes (by foolswisdom):

  * status:  new => closed
  * summary:  wordpress.org/download confusing to non-IE users =>
              wordpress.org/download meaning of "F5" not
              clear
  * version:  2.0.7 =>
  * milestone:  2.1 =>
  * resolution:  => fixed

Old description:

> {{{
> nickshanks: on wordpress.org/download it says "Press F5 to reload and get
> a new styling"
> nickshanks: what the hell is that on about?
> MarkJaquith: nickshanks: browsers cache CSS
> nickshanks: MarkJaquith: but WordPress aren't going to know what F5 does
> MarkJaquith: nickshanks: ah, good point.  Guess it assumes that people
> who don't know how to refresh their browser are IE users ;-)
> nickshanks: MarkJaquith: ahh. don't know about IE things, i haven't got
> it
> nickshanks: MarkJaquith: perhaps better put "Clear your browser cache (F5
> for Windows IE users)"
> MarkJaquith: yep.  http://trac.wordpress.org/newticket
> }}}
>
> therefore here i am. :-)

New description:

 wordpress.org/download meaning of "F5" not clear

 {{{
 nickshanks: on wordpress.org/download it says "Press F5 to reload and get
 a new styling"
 MarkJaquith: nickshanks: browsers cache CSS
 nickshanks: MarkJaquith: but WordPress aren't going to know what F5 does
 MarkJaquith: nickshanks: ah, good point.  Guess it assumes that people who
 don't know how to refresh their browser are IE users ;-)
 nickshanks: MarkJaquith: ahh. don't know about IE things, i haven't got it
 nickshanks: MarkJaquith: perhaps better put "Clear your browser cache (F5
 for Windows IE users)"

Comment:

 Marking FIXED (checked in change, but not yet deployed)

 nickshanks, you have been kicking butt in reporting some great bugs.
 Including an IRC discussion is not an effective way to write a problem
 report.

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