On Apr 24, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Kay Schenk wrote: > Hi all-- > > Right now, when I click on "I want to download OpenOffice", I don't the > expanded green button I was getting last week, for example. I had made some > changes to this a week or so ago, but the changes that I incorporated, and > the green button itself were just fine after that. I think my current > experience may be due to a problem with getting the mirror link but I need > to confirm this in a bit. > > So, question #1. > I would like someone else to try this and let the list know what your > results are -- are you getting the expanded green button or being shuttled > to /download/index.html instead?
Being shuffled to /download/index.html > > Question #2. If you're not getting the DL button, or even if you are, how > strongly do you feel about having the expanding button, or would just a > jump to /download/index.html be just as good? Fine with going to download/index.html. > > I know there was a LOT of discussion when this design first emerged, but, > it would much much easier for changes in DL code -- Rob's proposal for > unification of yesterday for instance -- if we could just dump this > "internal" DL button on the home page. Yes, the buttons are the same to the > eye anyway on both the main index.html page and /download/index.html but > the html implementation is different, different enough that both these > areas need to be changed when changes are needed. Additionally, dumping the > "generated" button on the home page would allow us to standardize more > easily on incorporating the DL button -- the code used on > /download/index.html -- on other pages like the NL pages. Exactly, I've been thinking about this and how to try to make the "download" topnav button be intelligent about the primary download. Regards, Dave > > Thanks for looking at this and responding. > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MzK > > "Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you > And life has a funny way of helping you out > Helping you out." > -- "Ironic", Alanis Morissette
