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

Many sites go to a "thank you page" that was triggered by the download 
button.

If you press the download button, then you can open a new "tab" or 
"window" with the "thank you" and a message about donation to the 
cause.  But, the download process, i.e. "save link as", has already been 
opened to save the file to your system.

http://download.cnet.com/ does the "thank-you" page and additional 
information is shown there as well.

If you trigger the "thank-you" page with the downloading of the main 
install file[s], then you will download the file and then be asked if 
you want to donate to the cause.  No pop-up, just a message following 
the download process.

Also, there could be a donation button below the green download 
buttons.  Make the color/colour one of the non-green colors that are in 
the "official" color scheme for LO.  Purple or Blue, maybe.


On 10/13/2012 10:29 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> By being 'physically' separate it makes it feel as though the 2 actions are separate.
>
> However,  i have to say i really like the idea of the download/save dialogue box opening up and the 
> tab/window that is under it shows the donation option instead of just a blank page.  I think that 
> gives the 'physical' separation.  When the download finishes the page would close or revert back to 
> the downloads page?  That all sounds very sophisticated.
>
> Would there be a problem with people like me that right-click on download buttons and choose to "open in 
> new tab" or would the opened tab probably just stay open?  They usually seem to stay open for me i think.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
>
> > ________________________________
> > From: Christian Lohmaier <lohmaier+libreoffice@googlemail.com>
> > To: Florian Effenberger <floeff@documentfoundation.org>
> > Cc: marketing@global.libreoffice.org
> > Sent: Saturday, 13 October 2012, 15:04
> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Website EasyHack: Ask users to contribute while they are 
> > running their download
> >
> > Hi Florian, *,
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Florian Effenberger
> > <floeff@documentfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > Christian Lohmaier wrote on 2012-10-13 03:35:
> > >
> > > > Leaving all that political and emotional stuff (to do or not to do) aside:
> > > > What would be relatively easy is to replace the download button the
> > > > user clicked on with a donate-button.
> > > >
> > > > http://jsfiddle.net/Dv4ex/
> > > hmm... nice approach, indeed. :-)
> > > Alternatively, maybe the download button could open two windows, one with
> > > the download URL, another one with a donation request?
> > While this is technically possible, please note that opening an
> > additional, not explicitly requested window is far more "aggressive"
> > than changing the in-page content.
> > You don't like popup-ads, do you? New windows aren't that much
> > different from popups from my POV.
> >
> > http://jsfiddle.net/Dv4ex/1/ opening two URLs & modifying the button
> > http://jsfiddle.net/Dv4ex/2/ just opening two URLs, leaving the button as-is.
> >
> > Note that opening the Download will not create a new window, but
> > rather initialize the download - some browsers might create a new
> > tab/window just to close it again once they notice it is a file to
> > download, but the user will not have to manually close that window.
> > This is of course different when opening the donation page in
> > addition, this will create a new window/tab that the user needs to
> > manually close. I personally wouldn't like it.
> >
> > I also don't see how this would make it clear(er) that the donation is
> > not related to downloading.
> >
> > ciao
> > Christian
> >
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