tora - Takamichi Akiyama wrote:
Hi Tora,
What do you think of this mockup?
great. :-) Would be indeed a big step forward to avoid offering download
links that don't have an existing file behind it - as Andrea already said.
A user chooses Product, Version, OS, Architecture, Type, JRE, Language
and get links to download desired files.
Just to avoid any misunderstandigs. This mockup is to improve the green
download button, right?
To be honest I would limit the choices for the average user . I'm sure
too many choices are not good for the average user and would lead to too
much confusion. I especially think of the question "Should I choose
OOo-Dev or OpenOffice.org from the list? What is the difference?" ;-)
So, I think a choice of OS+Arch (combined) and language is enough.
It's not yet important but would like to mention it. Instead of the ISO
codes for the languages I would write the English and native names.
I would build keep the stable builds separated from the Beta, RC, and
Dev Builds and pre-defined choices on the respective webpages. Just to
keep it as simple as possible for the user. Then you can skip the
Product choice.
The Version choice is not necessary as normally there is only a single
version existing per OS+Arch and language combination. Atr least this
should be the goal. Older builds are accessible in the archive.
After the user has made his choise and the final choice would be to
select a build wJRE or nonJRE I would prefer wJRE as IMHO this offers
the most complete and integrated package.
E.g., on the other.html webpage you could then offer both builds.
Demonstration
http://tora-japan.com/tools/javascript/ooo-webpage-download-openoffice.org/mockup-01/mockup-01.html
Source code
https://bitbucket.org/tora/tools/src/tip/javascript/ooo-webpage-download-openoffice.org/mockup-01/
All that maintainers do is, in short, to create a text file containing
file paths.
I'm sure it would be simple to produce an ASCII file list on the
Mirrorbrain host. The JS could than process this list as it is always
up-to-date.
Finally, I think a great mockup with big potenzial to become reality. :-)
Best regards
Marcus
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