Website File Download Section

Since we're updating the manual and thinking about user-friendliness. Is there something we can do to the File Repository of the main website ?

Thinking back to when I was a newbie. I find that the listing of the firmware, filesystem, emu is not intuitive.

I think it's important to have the critical files (firmware, filesystem) listed with out other Devo radio's version in between.

For example, change it so it groups together the radio's firmware. Like so:

Devo6 firmware
Devo6 filesystem
Devo6 emu

Devo7 firmware
Devo7 filesystem
Devo7 emu

Devo8 firmware
Devo8 filesystem
Devo8 emu

Devo10 firmware
Devo10 filesystem
Devo10 emu

Devo12 firmware
Devo12 filesystem
Devo12 emu

Ideally, I think that the firmware and filesystem should be together in one zip file. (Not sure if that can be automated, as I believe the build script spits out two file.)

The emulator can be a separate download. I am fine with that.


At the very least, perhaps some changes to the file name can help with the sorting. I find tacking deviation at the beginning of each file obscures the name of the radio the file belongs to.

Right now, it's in the format such as:

deviation-devo10-v3.0.0.zip
deviation-fs-devo10-v3.0.0.zip
deviation-emu-devo10-v3.0.0.zip


Perhaps it's better to formatted as:

devo10-firmware-deviation-v3.0.0.zip
devo10-filesystem-deviation-v3.0.0.zip
devo10-emulator-deviation-v3.0.0.zip

Then the website will automatically group the files better? Also, saying firmware/filesystem/emulator may save the newbie the need to decipher what FS or EMU might mean.

Alternatively, we can have each radio in it's own folder.

Anyways, I want to get other's opinion on this topic.

I think the old Deviation releases, (i.e. 1.xx, 2.xx) should be moved to a subfolder call "archive" or "old releases" or something like that.

Right now, it takes up the prominent position on the website.



The latest v3.0.0 is off the page.

Perhaps change it up so

Latest Firmware appears first. Follow by, Nightly Builds, then Firmware Archives.

Something like this:

• Latest Deviation Firmware
• Nightly Development Builds
• Previous Deviation Releases

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