Hi *,
On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 12:15:24AM +0100, :murb: [maarten brouwers] wrote:
> [offer multiple versions]
> The german language project has it already working because
> it's relatively easy to manage for just one language.
Another reason to offer older versions as well is because not all
Platforms have passed QA and stuff, so people can grab the RC (or the
last "approved" one) nevertheless.
> The problem now, when we try to address offering different versions, is
> that incorporating direct downloads (which I guess is the ultimate goal)
> from this download page becomes an even greater problem, especially
> since naming and releases are so irregular.
Well, the old names (the relative part of the URL )don't change. Thus
why I think having complete relative URLs is better than trying to
assembe URLs.
> Yet this is only my opinion, and of course you may disagree. But my
> message is actually: why not first get all heads in the same direction.
+1
> [...]
> My goals (prioritized):
> 1. Servers should be randomized, making better descriptions is allright,
> but as it's such an easy thing to accomplish using javascript, and code
> is already available...
that is currently one line of js-code in the german script.
document.download.mirror.selectedIndex = Math.floor (
Math.random()* (document.download.mirror.options.length - 1) );
> 2. One should be able to download OOo in their native language directly
> (as that is assumed by the interface as we have it now). Different
> option is to remove the language dropdown completely, and just refer in
> text to the international pages, else it doesn't make sense
I agree.
> 3. With or without JRE should actually be a checkbox (it's a minor
> issue, but makes more sense)
good idea.
> [...]
> Future goals:
> - Incorporate P2P downloads: Can be another checkbox, followed by a
> dropdown showing the three supported P2P methods.
I think this is not a good idea. People not knowing P2P but still
selecting that option will download a small torrent file or will be
prompted with a link that their browser cannot understand.
Then they will report errors like "I cannot launch the installer" or
similar.
> - Offering ISO's (in advanced downloads)
how would you choose between "normal" and "advanced" download?
> - Creating an python script (or whatever), that will make maintenance of
> these pages much more easier
That's a task for when we know what information we need to build the
download-page. But I don't think maintainance is a big problem anyway
(depends on the layout of the js of course)
ciao
Christian
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