[libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice version offerings of the Download page

Hi Cor,

Le 2012-04-10 03:59, Cor Nouws a écrit :

> I would dare to say that 3.5.x is in better shape then 3.4.x
> Nevertheless, a change that makes people more aware of choices is OK, as
> long as it is not clumsy or misleading.
> So maybe it's a good idea that when the little improvements that I
> suggested are there, that we then again look at your suggestion below.
> Does that make sense as first step?
>
> > I would then propose the following minimal changes to the Download page
> > in order to address this issue:
> >
> > Rework the sentence: "LibreOffice Linux - rpm (x86_64), version 3.5.2,
> > English (US). Not the version you wanted? Change System, Version or
> > Language" which seems to span/draw the equivalent of 2 lines on users'
> > monitors to:
> >
> > "LibreOffice Linux - rpm (x86_64), most recent version 3.5.2, English
> > (US). Not the version you wanted? Change System, Previous Stable Version
> > or Language (Release Notes Details)" <--- the "Release Notes Details
> > would link to the http://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/ page
> >
> > This should still keep sentence to 2 lines on the users' monitors and,
> > at the very least, allow users time to reflect of their choice of
> > versions before hitting the default download buttons.
I think that there should be some kind of rewording of the text in the 
download page done as soon as possible as I don't think that the text 
that is on the Download page does not go far enough to warn users of the 
two offerings of LibreOffice 3.5.x and 3.4.x branches. There should be, 
at the very least, a demonstrated effort from our group of the intended 
use of the two versions.

At this point, the download page does not inform the user of the stable 
3.4.x branch for large deployments or users looking for such a product. 
I suspect that, in some countries, the language used on the download 
page would not be considered "consumer-friendly" enough to warn people 
of the risks of downloading an "in-development" version of software when 
a stable version is available. We need to rework the language to avoid 
such risks. We don't need a lot of changes to the text, we just need to 
show that we make the effort to offer the information at the point of 
Download (page).


> The previous discussion was simultaneously on the website-list. And when
> reopening the discussion, I think it is helpful to add the people active
> before to as cc in the mail.

I put this on the marketing list as this discussion has more to do about 
the rationalizing of the language used on the Download page from a 
marketing point of view.

I'll leave a note on the website list pointing back to this thread.

Cheers,

Marc



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