On 19 August 2013 19:44, Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:14:08 +0200 > Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 19/08/2013 sebb wrote: >> > Note that the page http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html also >> > requires Javascript! >> >> This is not so good. The noscript option should direct the user to >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/aoo-closer.cgi/openoffice/ >> (users who disable JavaScript are likely to be able to browse the >> FTP-like structure they will see there). >> >> > Whatever method is chosen, I think it should be possible to download >> > AOO without the use of Javascript. >> >> It should also be possible to download OpenOffice in the cases where >> JavaScript parsing breaks, i.e., we should have alternative download >> links that are always visible (working JavaScript, broken Javascript, no >> JavaScript). >> >> Regards, >> Andrea. >> > > I think the automatic selection of a "best fit" OpenOffice for the user is > good.
Agreed. > Forum experience suggests that many unskilled users will get confused if > offered the full range of options of versions for operating sytems, languages > and language packs. Yet that is exactly what the page http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html does. All the versions and all the language packs are laid out in one huge table. Probably easier to use than the ASF mirror structure, but still not easy. However, although the page requires Javascript, it does not use Javascript to narrow the choices for the user. AFAICT the Javascript is only used to build the table so it might as well be static HTML that any browser can use. If it were turned into a static page, I think it might be a better alternative to the ASF mirror structure. Maybe there should be a separate discussion about how to organise the download pages when the autodetection does not work. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
