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Update downloads.md #43

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feat: download link for Windows points to latest

The download link previously pointed to the GitHub repo, which is not a great UX. Added /releases/latest to end of URL to make it easier for people not familiar with GitHub UI.

feat: download link for Windows points to latest

The download link previously pointed to the GitHub repo, which is not a great UX. Added `/releases/latest` to end of URL to make it easier for people not familiar with GitHub UI.
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calmh commented Jun 28, 2024

On the other hand, it currently points to the very extensive installation and usage instructions, which you otherwise wouldn't necessarily be aware or by just following a link to the releases.

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Absolutely fair. It is currently not consistent with the MacOS link (which does go to /releases/latest). If this pull is rejected, I would still recommend consistency between the Mac/Win links (should both go to latest release or the extensive install instructions?), and an easier download UX for on-boarding new users--GitHub is a developer platform, not a good UX for downloading software if you're not familiar with it.

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calmh commented Jun 28, 2024

Indeed... lacking a proper website, perhaps the best links for each are https://github.com/Bill-Stewart/SyncthingWindowsSetup/blob/main/README.md resp. https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-macos/blob/develop/README.md as then you'll come directly to background info, instructions, and the recommended download links fairly high up on each

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