Hi *, On Nov 24, 2007 6:07 PM, :murb: [maarten brouwers] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, the resolution was kind of what can we do now to improve the > situation. A one click download should be possible. I like the model of > Firefox for this. Clear download button with an automatically generated > default for OS and language, and below it, in smaller print "Alternative > versions and means to get OpenOffice.org" (or something along these lines).
So how does this work with OOo? OOo has versions with or without JRE for Windows, (and of course english and other languages, but more on that later on) OOo has versions in RPM and DEB format for Linux (and some with JRE, some without) OOo has versions for MacIntel, MacPPC, (all without JRE) OOo has versions for other systems as well. So how would you guess a default for OOo? Default to english and still start the download? Bad, bad, bad for non-english users... Default to version with JRE? Bad, bad, bad when the nl-community is not QA'ing the version of OOo that has JRE included, doesn't build versions with JRE at all (AFAIK only Sun does build versions with JRE) For Mac, what version would you default to? PPC or Intel? Probably Intel. But since QA is limited for Mac and not all languages go through the official QA-Process, how would you handle this? Native-language versions in general: How would you deal with different versions being QA'd / approved at different points in time? > Costs: somebody needs to do the javascript needed for this. If we focus > on only OS, this is very easy. No, it is not. We have multiple versions per OS, and even more when you get to the languages. And when you restrict yourself to english, how does that fit with the goal to rise awareness for the nl-communities, giving the User support in her own language? I /still/ don't see a one-click solution, and honestly I still don't see what is wrong when the user has to do two clicks. Is the user really that dumb so that she doesn't know what operating system she runs? > The contribution page just after the download click is confusing imho > since it requires yet another button to click... I would vote thus > either for removing this page entirely, or ... while you are waiting for > the download to commence, please consider contributing to OpenOffice.org... Nah, just start the download automatically after 3 or so seconds (that's what the german project does, and sourceforge, and....) I fear that all of those "downloading is too complicated" boils down to this very additional click on the contributing page.... ciao Christian --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
