On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 17:04, Marc Paré <[email protected]> wrote: > Le 2012-04-06 21:09, Marc Paré a écrit : > >> Hi everyone, >> >> There was some talk recently and, also a while ago, about the Download >> page and which version(s) should be offered by default of the page. I >> think we should revisit the logic of this page. >> >> We are presently suggesting and offering visitors to the site the >> default of our "most recent version" of LibreOffice. While this is great >> for larger feedback results for de-bugging it does not necessarily >> present a good choice for those looking for a stable, solid and reliable >> document application for their work or office deployment. >> >> Although some other software packages offer their product on a release >> cycle much like ours - most notably the Mozilla group - our product is >> unique in that LibreOffice is in many cases used by groups or >> individuals where the resulting end-user document(s) are clearly >> dependent on the use of a quality-assured application. In short, an >> application that does not add any formatting error to the end product. >> >> While any deployment of LibreOffice would sensibly involve advanced >> planning where the weight of using the "most recent version" as opposed >> to a more seemingly "solid previous version" (this, hopefully the norm), >> I do not believe that we are giving enough warning to individual users >> of the risks behind using our "most recent version" as opposed to an >> earlier "solid performing version". I believe that such a warning should >> appear on our Download page. >> >> I would then propose the following minimal changes to the Download page >> in order to address this issue: >> >> Rework the sentence: "LibreOffice Linux - rpm (x86_64), version 3.5.2, >> English (US). Not the version you wanted? Change System, Version or >> Language" which seems to span/draw the equivalent of 2 lines on users' >> monitors to: >> >> "LibreOffice Linux - rpm (x86_64), most recent version 3.5.2, English >> (US). Not the version you wanted? Change System, Previous Stable Version >> or Language (Release Notes Details)" <--- the "Release Notes Details >> would link to the http://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/ page >> >> This should still keep sentence to 2 lines on the users' monitors and, >> at the very least, allow users time to reflect of their choice of >> versions before hitting the default download buttons. >> >> I believe this would show a more responsible use of our Download page by >> giving warning to users of their choice of versions by giving them >> notice of the differences of versions and their scale of reliability. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Marc >> > > Any comments on this? I think it should really be looked at. > > > Marc >
I agree that page needs to be changed. I think your suggestion is the bare minimum needed and should be implemented ASAP. And on the page where the word "Recommended" appears next to 3.5.2, I would remove it. Or better still, add a few words indicating the "stable" and "latest" version for those users who are not going to take the time to check the release notes. --Jean -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
