[wxPython-users] Unicode versus Ansi - download page confusing

[Werner F. Bruhin]

Hi Paul,

Paul McNett wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could someone please remind me why there are still ANSI downloads? 
> Shouldn't everyone be using the unicode version of wxPython by now?
>
> The download page is confusing, as it says "Not sure if you should use 
> the ANSI or Unicode version? Read here for more info.", but then the 
> page referred to doesn't help the user make a decision about which 
> build to choose, it just explains how Unicode is handled in Python and 
> wxPython.
>
> I'm basically asking this because it seems like lots of Windows users 
> in particular are choosing the ANSI version, perhaps merely because it 
> is listed first, and then having to reinstall with the unicode version 
> in order to work with their databases in Dabo.
>
> So... what are some reasons why a Windows XP or Vista user would 
> choose ANSI over Unicode?
I don't need Unicode (app is using ISO8859-1 which is sufficient to 
support (English, French and German), also I plan to upgrade to Unicode 
but I would like to upgrade first to 2.8 without having to worry about 
Unicode.

So, maybe have the Unicode version as the default and people like me 
have to go to a different page to find the ANSI version?

Werner