On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Pedro <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Apparently some users feel obligated and compelled to donate in order to be
> able to download.
> http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/29380/how-can-you-say-its-free-when-theres-no-way-to-get-rid-of-the-money-amounts/
> http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/23053/why-cant-i-even-start-a-download-i-donated-the-default-amount/
>
> One is actually offering to PAY to skip the donation page on each update
> http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/32239/donation-methods/
>
> Please look at the download page (which is by coincidence entitled
> Donate...)
> http://donate.libreoffice.org/home/dl/win-x86/4.2.2/en-US/LibreOffice_4.2.2_Win_x86.msi
>
> It's a whole page about Donation with a small link to the built-in Help...

Hmmm...

> For a Free Open Source software from a Foundation whose goal is to "to
> eliminate the digital divide in society by giving everyone access to office
> productivity tools free of charge" don't you think that there is too much
> pressure on users to donate???
>
> Apparently some users feel that... Maybe the page needs a re-design?

What if the donation information was in a side-bar instead of the main
body of the page? That might help to convey that the donation aspect
of the page is secondary to the download.

--R

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