On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 7:19 PM, Pedro <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi qubit ;) >
Revealing my secret name! Well, at least you didn't call me Rumpelstiltskin :-) > Rumpelstiltskin Tryon wrote >>> 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. > > That would definitely help... I'm not a designer but it is obvious that the > page contents puts so much emphasis on donation that it is confusing > users... Mentioning the topic of donation during the download process can be financially beneficial for us -- I totally understand that -- but we do need to seek an appropriate balance. > Furthermore because direct update download still doesn't work, ALL users > have to pass by the donate page on EVERY update regardless if they have > donated before which IMO is a bit coercive and/or ungrateful... Perhaps the updater a GSoC project for next year?, or maybe OSX and Windows could just ship with a package manager? :-) > Maybe the Design people should have a go at this? > If a quick mock-up can be made, I think it would be worth our time > One more detail on the page: the sentence "we have made our budget as well > as our financial reports public." links to > http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=board-discuss%40documentfoundation.org&q=%22TDF+Budget+for%22 > however there are only budgets until Feb 2013... I might add that we're pointing to a non-TDF url for the archive; an internal url would be preferable, especially when referencing financials. I suggest you give the Board a quick ping about that: Perhaps the budgets have been archived separately since Feb 2013. Best, --R -- To unsubscribe 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/website/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
