docs: even further simplify and reformat install.html

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     <p>Prior to installing Tahoe the following must be installed:
 
       <ol>
-       <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/">gcc</a> including g++ (programming language)
-         <p>If you are building for Windows or for Cygwin (which are two different platforns), the Cygwin version of gcc will work (it can be used to build executable for either of those platforms).</p>
-       </li>
+       <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/">gcc</a> including g++ -- the Cygwin version of gcc works for Cygwin and for Windows</li>
 
-       <li><a href="http://gnu.org/software/make/">GNU make</a> (build tool)</li>
+       <li><a href="http://gnu.org/software/make/">GNU make</a></li>
 
-       <li><a href="http://python.org">Python</a> including development headers i.e. "Python.h" (programming language)</li>
+       <li><a href="http://python.org">Python</a> including development headers i.e. "Python.h"</li>
 
-       <li><a href="http://zope.org/Products/ZopeInterface">zope.interface</a> (programming language extension)
-         <p>Note that Tahoe does <em>not</em> require the entire Zope package, merely the much smaller zope.interface component.</p>
-       </li>
+       <li><a href="http://zope.org/Products/ZopeInterface">zope.interface</a> -- <em>not</em> the entire Zope package, merely the much smaller zope.interface component</li>
 
-       <li><a href="http://twistedmatrix.com">Twisted</a> (network and operating system integration library)
-         <p>Installing Twisted from the Twisted "sumo" source tarball works on all supported platforms.</p>
-       </li>
+       <li><a href="http://twistedmatrix.com">Twisted</a> -- from the Twisted "sumo" source tarball</li>
 
-       <li><a href="http://openssl.org">OpenSSL</a>, including development headers (cryptography library)</li>
+       <li><a href="http://openssl.org">OpenSSL</a>, including development headers</li>
 
-       <li><a href="http://pyopenssl.sourceforge.net">PyOpenSSL</a> (secure transport layer)</li>
+       <li><a href="http://pyopenssl.sourceforge.net">PyOpenSSL</a></li>
 
-       <li><a href="http://cryptopp.com">Crypto++</a>, including development headers (cryptography library)</li>
+       <li><a href="http://cryptopp.com">Crypto++</a>, including development headers</li>
 
-       <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/">pywin32</a>
-         <p>This one is required only if you are installing on Windows native.  (It is not required if you are installing on Linux, Mac, Solaris, Cygwin, or any other platform.)</li>
+       <li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/">pywin32</a> -- required only for Windows -- not required for Cygwin</li>
       </ol>