Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Website EasyHack: Ask users to contribute while they are running their download

Hi :)
+1 

to either of those.  


I vaguely remember some cheap&nasty software, i think freeware, that had a donation button on their 
main tool-bar alongside all their useful icons.  I would really hate to see that because it makes 
the software look really tacky and cheap-skate.  However, i suspect that if we did go that way it 
wouldn't be sooo bad because the LO logo is very simple and elegant.  Still i think it's best 
avoided.  


Regards from
Tom :)  






> ________________________________
> From: Florian Effenberger <floeff@documentfoundation.org>
> To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Thursday, 11 October 2012, 12:26
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Website EasyHack: Ask users to contribute while they are 
> running their download
>
> Hello,
>
> Marc Paré wrote on 2012-10-10 12:39:
> > This had already been discussed a couple of years ago, I can't seem to
> > find the thread. The reason for not doing this was that we were trying
> > to stay away from the OOo installation routine where people were asked
> > if they would like to create an OOo account. People thought it was too
> > invasive.
>
> I actually do have two views on that. ;-)
>
> One is the technical side:
> MirrorBrain redirects to an URL, and that is the one of the actual mirror hosting the file. So, if 
> we were to introduce some intermediate side in between, we need to find a way that is not 
> intrusive. Probably it won't be embedded in MirrorBrain, but somewhere on our download page. In 
> other words: http://libreoffice.org/download/ could show such a page, but the direct link at 
> http://download.documentfoundation.org won't.
>
> The other issue is something I recently brainstormed a bit with Alex. Sites liki Wikipedia can 
> embed their donation request directly in the product people use, their website. Mozilla can do so 
> as well, because their product can open their website at the very beginning.
>
> For LibreOffice, it is much more complicated. Our product itself, the one that millions of people 
> around the world use, cannot show it per se. We need to find a way that is non intrusive, but 
> still reaches lots of people - because that is the way we can reach millions of people: Our 
> product.
>
> Probably a note at the end of the installer, a small donation button in the start center, 
> something along those lines...
>
> Florian
>
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