Hi Frank,
a first view on the proposal is available at
http://download.openoffice.org/draft.html
Good to see there is now actually something that works :)
As you can see it's more or less a copy of the 2.3.1 download-page
(http://download.openoffice.org/2.3.1/index.html?focus=download). But
removed the wide-green range of ugly links. Instead of this a simple
link for the used platform and language is given. Below a general link
to all available downloads (should be extended by each language).
Some issues:
1. In the original download page, the blocks act like a button, you
don't have to click the text precisely... from a Fitt's law perspective
that is better. However, that won't allow you to position the 'Get more
platforms and languages' link inside the green area. Instead of placing
it inside the area I'd design a kind of 'note' block just above all
pages, that OpenOffice.org is available for other languages and
operating systems as well.
2. Alternatively you could use the 'open box' box idea of the current
download page (click -> box enlarges -> click OS) for those alternative
downloads. Maybe you, or a designer, can create an
advanced
\/
line just below the button, with a slightly different shade of green;
e.g.
http://www.murb.nl/extern/openoffice.org/newdownloadpage_jan2008.jpg
if you click the light blue part, it enlarges, and you get the
alternative downloads.
3. To reduce the confusion, I would move the extensions link to the
sidebar, since this page is about getting the suite, not the extensions.
I do see that extensions need more promotion... so leave it as is for
now, but remove it when the new website launches.
4. The non javascript version gives 'warnings' about you should have had
JS turned on. I don't think there is a point in that... just offer them
the best possible experience without javascript. Thus, create a link
where otherwise the 'one click' link would be, to the download page
where they can choose by themselves. I think they already know that they
are browsing websites with limited functionality...
5. I'm running Ubuntu, and deb is the preferred format here, so maybe
instead of the tar.gz, use the .deb version (since it is available)?
6. The other.html page shows only a limited number of languages, I
assume these are only the languages supported by bouncer. Did you intend
to offer links from here to the download pages of the respective
projects instead? That is what I would do.
7. Does it deal with e.g. the situation where e.g. the German or Dutch
version is not as up to date as the US English version?
The switch to have a Bouncer-link or a link to the native-language
page is set in the download.js. So each NL-community can set this for
their own. My advice is, use the one-click-feature for
OSUOSL-supported languages like English US, French, Dutch, Russian,
Japanese .... This will be the easiest way to get an OpenOffice.org by
one click.
8. What happens if the language is not supported? I would opt for a
non-warning option, just make the link a direct link to the alternative
(non-js) download page.
9. It is unclear whether you get the with or without JRE version of OOo
(at least I don't get something telling me I'm downloading the JRE-less
version)... not sure whether that is bad or wrong... maybe good, to
reduce the confusion.
Anyway... Got to go. Definitely good work, and good to see it is getting
done. But it is important to deal with the situation where things don't
go as planned.
g.,
Maarten
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