www.r-project.org

Hi, Gabor:  <inline>

On Windows, right click the web page, choose Properties and
copy the url there.
That works, and I will use it in the future.  Thanks.

However, if the subject is not "educating Spencer Graves" but "how to 
make "www.r-project.org" more user friendly, then it still might help to 
display as "Address" the actual web address of the archive page rather 
than "www.r-project.org".  It may not look as pretty, but I'm for 
function first and cosmetics only if they don't interfere with 
functionality.

	  Best Wishes,
	  spencer graves
On 4/25/06, Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at pdf.com> wrote:

<see inline>

hadley wickham wrote:

The R Web site is working fine. <snip>
As an experienced user of the R website, this probably is true for
you.  However, there are a number of confusing problems for new users
of the site:

* how do you download R?
* how do you bookmark a specific page?
*** If I find something with "R Site Search" on "www.r-project.org", I
can NOT just copy the web address into an email, because the "address"
is still "www.r-project.org".  However, if I use RSiteSearch from within
R, I get an honest address (like
"http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/47417.html"), which I
can then paste into an email like this.

        If it weren't too difficult to display the address for each item
retrieved from the archives, it would make it easier it use "R Site
Search" without opening R.

        Thanks to all the core R team, including Jonathan Baron, whose
support of "R Site Search" has prevented me from "tearing my hair out"
on many occasions (and I don't have much left to tear out).  When people
ask me questions about S-Plus, I often go to "R Site Search", and then
see if I can somehow use in S-Plus any R solution I find.

        Best Wishes,
        spencer graves
p.s.  I also have a strong preference for avoiding fancy features.  I've
been burned so many times with viruses and software that never performed
as advertized for many unknown reasons that I routinely check "no" when
asked if I want to install "Micromedia Flash", and I hope I won't have
to install it to use a future version of "www.r-project.org".

* what is that giant graphic on the home page?

Hadley

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