Re: [libreoffice-website] system indication on download page changed

Hi Bernhard, *,

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Bernhard Dippold
<bernhard@familie-dippold.at> wrote:
> Christian Lohmaier schrieb:
> > [...]  to debug this, can you please visit http://jsfiddle.net, paste
> > this:
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> >   alert(navigator.userAgent);
> > </script>
>
> Here (Ubuntu 04.11) it reads
>
> for SeaMonkey:
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420
> SeaMonkey/2.0.14

OK, generic one, cannot derive the packaging tool from that...

> for Firefox:
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1

Similarily, the generic/original identification.

> I don't know if RPM based Linux distros provide different strings that show
> their name somewhere, so DEB could become default and RPM would be selected
> only if the navigator.userAgent string contains any keyword.

Usually/Traditionally it is the debian based distros (AKA debian and
ubuntu) that identify as ubuntu/debian versions - be it because of
trademark stuff (i.e completely different browser name) or by adding
their branding to the identifier.

> If not, we would have to consider
> a) the number of users with undetected distros
> b) their experience with their OS
> to find out which one should become default to allow most users to install
> LibreOffice without trouble.

If current releases of ubuntu and debian don't identify themselves
anymore, I'd rather vote for

c) display both at once, in seperated "boxes" / not attempting to
detect it anymore

Not sure whether we should set up a poll on the download page asking
for people to fill it out when the package-management detection did
fail.. But OTOH If people know the wrong package type was chosen, they
already got enough experience... kind of a chicken-and-egg problem.

But maybe an explicit poll that asks both groups:
What operating system are you using?
 ( ) Ubuntu
 ( ) Debian
 ( ) Mandriva
 <list a few other - but then some distros might feel left out if they
only appear as "* Other (please specify: ________)" - and to not give
special focus on one single distro, that list can be added as a
shuffled list>
Did the download selection choose the correct package type?
  ( ) Yes, all went fine
  ( ) No, I had to manually correct the suggestion
  ( ) Does not apply, as I wasn't downloading for the system I was
currently using

Doing this only for the package-selection seems like a waste, so 3 to
four other simple questions might be included at the same time

ciao
Christian

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