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We wanted to emphasize the CDN over downloads, but we clearly hid the download links too well. I've added a "Downloads" link to the "Quick Start" dropdown menu

by rgrove 15y ago

We wanted to emphasize the CDN over downloads, but we clearly hid the download links too well. I've added a "Downloads" link to the "Quick Start" dropdown menu in the top nav bar, and we'll give some thought to adding a more prominent link somewhere on the front page. Thanks for the feedback!

nfriedly 15y ago
Do you guys offer a https CDN?
- rgrove 15y ago
  No. I wrote about my personal feelings on third-party SSL CDNs here: http://wonko.com/post/javascript-ssl-cdn http://wonko.com/post/javascript-ssl-cdn (these are my opinions and not representative of any official YUI or Yahoo! stance on the matter).
zmmmmm 15y ago
Thanks! That's a pretty amazingly quick response and makes it way easier to find.
quinndupont 15y ago
Now that's service! (and I agree with the original comment, glad to see it is fixed)
oinksoft 15y ago
It still fails the <C-F> test...and <C-F>download is the first thing I do when I decide that I'd like to try out some library. Nothing wrong with preferring a CDN, but some people want to get the whole thing broken into source files so they can really audit the code properly. Others also want to host their own because they don't want to introduce another point of failure. For all the supposed reliability of CDN host X, having YUI available when my own CDN goes down isn't helping me much. On the other hand, if YUI goes kaput while my CDN is doing fine, I've got some problems.
- drgath 15y ago
  Don't get me wrong, I 100% agree that sites should be allowed to host their own version of YUI because there are some circumstances where it may be necessary. That's why we distribute all the source code to be able to do it. But also keep in mind this is the Yahoo CDN, if it goes down, all of Yahoo goes down. I can't say the CDN won't ever go down, but to my knowledge, it has never happened. If you are concerned about CDN reliability, for optimal performance I would still use the Yahoo CDN as you get all the benefits of combo-handling, edge-caching, and (soon) server-side dependency calculation. And as a backup, host on your own CDN in the unlikely event Yahoo's CDN goes down. We'll look into passing the <C-F> test. :)
  - Jach 15y ago
    Maybe I'm just weird, but I frequently develop things offline and so I require a local copy of things for dev anyway regardless of if I use the CDN in production or not.

by rgrove 15y ago

nfriedly 15y ago

Do you guys offer a https CDN?

rgrove 15y ago
No. I wrote about my personal feelings on third-party SSL CDNs here: http://wonko.com/post/javascript-ssl-cdn http://wonko.com/post/javascript-ssl-cdn (these are my opinions and not representative of any official YUI or Yahoo! stance on the matter).

zmmmmm 15y ago

Thanks! That's a pretty amazingly quick response and makes it way easier to find.

quinndupont 15y ago

Now that's service! (and I agree with the original comment, glad to see it is fixed)

oinksoft 15y ago

It still fails the <C-F> test...and <C-F>download is the first thing I do when I decide that I'd like to try out some library. Nothing wrong with preferring a CDN, but some people want to get the whole thing broken into source files so they can really audit the code properly. Others also want to host their own because they don't want to introduce another point of failure. For all the supposed reliability of CDN host X, having YUI available when my own CDN goes down isn't helping me much. On the other hand, if YUI goes kaput while my CDN is doing fine, I've got some problems.

drgath 15y ago
Don't get me wrong, I 100% agree that sites should be allowed to host their own version of YUI because there are some circumstances where it may be necessary. That's why we distribute all the source code to be able to do it. But also keep in mind this is the Yahoo CDN, if it goes down, all of Yahoo goes down. I can't say the CDN won't ever go down, but to my knowledge, it has never happened. If you are concerned about CDN reliability, for optimal performance I would still use the Yahoo CDN as you get all the benefits of combo-handling, edge-caching, and (soon) server-side dependency calculation. And as a backup, host on your own CDN in the unlikely event Yahoo's CDN goes down. We'll look into passing the <C-F> test. :)
- Jach 15y ago
  Maybe I'm just weird, but I frequently develop things offline and so I require a local copy of things for dev anyway regardless of if I use the CDN in production or not.