How about having a graphical mirror list?

[Mike McGrath]

susmit shannigrahi wrote:
>> One addition that will come in Fedora 9 (I don't think it made it into
>> F8 but I could be wrong) is that anaconda, the installer, will be able
>> to use the mirrorlist directly.  This will avoid the user having to
>> type in a URL for their country at all - it will be automagic based on
>> GeoIP, just like the updates are.
>>     
>
> That should be great..but I was talking about  _manual_ downloads, not
> anaconda or yum.
> For example when someone wants to download the .iso files et al.
> Won't this be more easier than traversing the list?
>   

The graphical map would be cool but I think the "2 clicks to live CD" 
feature we'll be implementing soon is more useful:

https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/74

This will direct users to a geo close mirror without them having to 
figure it out, using GeoIP.

    -Mike