https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44585
Asa Dotzler <a...@mozilla.org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Summary|Downloading libreoffice is |"Download" button on
|too complicated |http://www.libreoffice.org/
| |should auto-detect OS and
| |initiate download of the
| |latest release version
URL| |http://www.libreoffice.org/
--- Comment #4 from Asa Dotzler <a...@mozilla.org> 2012-02-18 17:55:18 PST ---
Andreas is right. Not only are you providing a difficult user experience,
you're also very likely losing a majority of your possible downloads thanks to
this
broken flow.
http://www.libreoffice.org/ should detect the user's operating system and
language and dynamically generate the proper download link for the big green
button.
If you need help with this, perhaps viewing the source of the Firefox download
page might help. http://www.mozilla.org/firefox
The download button should include the product name, version, OS, and language
and it should have a link underneath it for other OSes and languages. Just copy
Firefox here. We've been tuning this thing for years and you're not going to do
better. (I would not include the file size as Andreas has in his mock; it's
just too big a number and will scare off people who would otherwise be willing
to wait.)
When a user clicks the download button, the site should load in a new page that
will be the background behind the browser's download dialogs. This page should
explain the download process -- where to locate the downloaded file and how to
start the installer. Optionally, this page could have "getting started"
information.
I realize that you all are putting in a huge effort in making the code better,
but if you don not put in the relatively smaller effort of making the download
experience not suck, you're missing a huge opportunity to get actual human
beings on major operating systems using your software.
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