Re: [libreoffice-website] Improving download page

Hi Drew, all,

drew wrote (11-02-12 14:39)

> >     - Basically is answered with a.: the version can be installed by all,
> > without trouble and we show a clear link leading to information.
>
> I would strongly argue in the reverse.

Ah, sad. I had hoped (dreamed prolly) that with my idea we had found the 
sheep with 5 legs (and then the international equivalent of that ;-) )

But of course we must be able to find a working solution for another 
direction/choice too.
Let me first put your arguments to the test ;-)

> They likely use less of the application and therefore:
> - are least likely to benefit from the new features
> - least likely to appreciate the value of new features they find

Well, that of course depends the features we are talking about.
I think improved import for PPTX and Visio are attractive enough.

> - least able to deal with any stability issues found

Yes. Those should be really exceptional. And are so in my experience 
(which is invalid, since I work with Linux ...)

> -- unable to quickly recognize workarounds on their own
> -- least capable of giving quality feedback in the form of entering
> issues into the bug tracking system
> -- most likely to abandon the application out of frustation

If they got stuck: probably.

> [...]
> In other words I feel that it is the casual user that should be directed
> to the trailing release 3.4.5 at this time, and the exception (for lack
> of a better term) treatment to direct our experienced users to the
> latest feature release 3.5.0.

Well, you may have understand from my initial post, that me/we are 
wrestling with the question how to get enough people work fast enough 
with 3.5.0

> IMO this offers the best experience for both the end users and the
> efforts of the foundation as it avoids frustrating those least able to
> deal with the leading edge, and maximizes the likelihood of getting
> timely, useful and quality feedback into the QA/developer loop.

Would like to read what others choose ?
(I can think about different mockups in the mean time, for just in case 
that ;-) )

Cheers,

--
 - Cor
 - http://nl.libreoffice.org


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