[libreoffice-design] Re: Download Page Improvements

Le 2011-09-29 17:04, Christoph Noack a écrit :
> Hi Marc, all!
>
> Am Donnerstag, den 29.09.2011, 12:42 -0400 schrieb Marc Paré:
> > Le 2011-09-28 21:55, Ivan M. a écrit :
> [...]
> > > WHAT: Improve the Download Page on our website
> > > WHERE: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/
> > > WHY: It's not very usable for less experienced users, and it could
> > > look a lot better too
> > > HOW: Decide on a new design and implement it in HTML/CSS/JS
> > > WHO: Anyone interested, and myself
> > > WHEN: As soon as possible...
>
> [...]
> > FYI - The French team has just done a revision of their download
> > page[1]. It was made less verbose and user experience was considered
> > through the process. It is still being tweaked at this time. JB Faure
> > was/is instrumental at facilitating the change which is well
> > appreciated. Merci JB!
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Marc
> > [1] http://fr.libreoffice.org/telecharger
>
> Of course, the changes led to improvements, but I think it is still too
> complex for average users. So here is the proposal to get some more
> inspiration - I worked it out some time ago (technical guidance by
> Christian, inspired by Nik, pushed by a discussion on the German mailing
> list):
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/7/7c/2011-07-01_DownloadPage_Default_Windows_Collapsed.png
>
> All thoughts - requirements, texts, website structure - are here:
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboards/Download_Page
>
>
> @ Ivan: I don't know if that fits to the "HOW: decide on a new
> design ...". I invested almost two weeks refining the details and got
> very good feedback by different people. We "just" need somebody to
> implement it ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph

Nice! I like the design. IMO, the less verbose the better for our new 
users. Users are interested in downloading, installing and using right 
away. But there are still some issues.

One of the recurring questions from users is that of Java ("Do we need 
to download/install Java?"). For a new user to LibreOffice, this would 
not be evident from your mockup and he/she would just assume that 
everything needed would come included in the one download.

I also like the fact that there is a short descriptive section on the FR 
download site ("Quels fichiers télécharger" [Which Files to Download?]) 
where it displays the needed files for all three supported OS's. This 
again, for a new user would not be evident on the mockup.

I would also suggest a "Corporate Use" link on the right hand side as we 
are also getting more questions about which version is for corporate 
use. This link could also help streamline help for corporate use -- 
maybe send them off to a FAQ targeted for corporate use? Alternatively, 
we could have a "Corporate use version" on the second tier menu with a 
version specifically targeted to corporate use with accompanying links 
to help files such as "large scale installation" and "professional 
services" offerings etc.

I think if these issues were dealt with on the download page mockup, it 
would make for a great page.

Marc


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