Re: [libreoffice-website] simpler downlod page enabled for evaluation/feedback (was: A simpler download page)

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Christian Lohmaier <
lohmaier+ooofuture@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi Alin, *,
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Alin Cretu <cralin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Christian Lohmaier <
> > lohmaier+ooofuture@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Anders Holbøll <andershol@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > [...]
> http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2012/02/libreoffice_youre_do.html
> > > Well, people who are intending to bash LibreOffice will find something
> > > no matter how nice the download page looks...
> > [...]
> > As far as I see it, that green "Download" button should be click-able and
> > should trigger the download of the latest version of the installer
> package
> > for the detected operating system and language.
>
> This is not possible. A sinlge download button just won't work for
> LibreOffice, as even on windows you have two downloads - the main
> package & Help.
> And it is more prominent on linux and Mac (where you cannot argue that
> people don't read help anyway, and if they do they can use onlinehelp
> :-) - there the languagepack, the translated user interface is already
> a different package.
>
> And re sending the other systems & languages to a list, even in table form:
> LO's set of files per release is huuuuge. A simple list just won't
> work. The "alternative way to download LibreOffice" on the traditional
> downloadpage gives an idea. Just open the page without javascript
> enabled and you'll see the huge list..
>
> Or just look at the list of languages in the new-style download. That
> list alone, for one single version and OS/platform already is big..

Agreed, it's big, but if you look at the Firefox download page for other
systems and languages (http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html)
somehow they found a nice balance between multiple languages and multiple
operating systems all in one single page.

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