Hi Chad,
What you are writing is exactly what I at least want to accomplish, with
the only subtle difference that I believe the advanced options can just
be hidden using javascript+css, instead of being located on another page
(which makes them more readily accessible).
g.,
Maarten
ps. Why is it so silent suddenly?
Chad Smith wrote:
Okay - I'm deleting all the text in my reply, because I want to start over.
Can we do this.
Selection 1 - What OS are you using?
Options
Windows 98 - XP
Windows 95
Mac OS X
Linux
Solaris
Free BSD
other
(This option would control what version you get - if you select Windows 95,
then you will get 1.0.3 - no need to ask them what one they want - their OS
tells us that. Why are we asking them the same question twice.)
Then we ask:
Selection 2 - What language do you want to use?
Options - whatever languages exist for the OS they selected
Then we ask:
Do you want to download the Java Runtime Enivoronment with OOo? (If not
sure - select yes)
Options -
Yes
No
Those three things will give us all the info we need.
We will then randomly select a server that has the version/language/OS/JRE
they selected. Location doesn't matter. If we want to weight the servers -
we can do that on the backend - that's nothing that the user needs to see.
For advanced users, those who want an older release or a beta release - or
those who want to use a specific server - we can have a separate advance
download page for them - with a subtle link to that page on the regular
download page.
Is that possible? Will that address everything we need to know from the
user? It's only 3 questions - but it gives us all the info we need. Would
that work?
What do you think?
-Chad Smith
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