Hello Dave and Marcus

Please consider "AOO Installation free USB port".

Thanks
Balaji Arun

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From: "Dave Fisher" <dave2w...@comcast.net>
Sent: July 28, 2013 12:28 PM
To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: Portable version (X-ApacheOpenOffice by winPenPack) updated


On Jul 28, 2013, at 5:46 AM, Marcus (OOo) wrote:

> Am 07/28/2013 02:18 PM, schrieb Rob Weir:
>> On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Marcus (OOo)<marcus.m...@wtnet.de>  wrote:
>>> Am 07/28/2013 01:56 PM, schrieb janI:
>>>
>>>> On 28 July 2013 13:47, Marcus (OOo)<marcus.m...@wtnet.de>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Am 07/28/2013 12:37 PM, schrieb Andrea Pescetti:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 24/07/2013 Hagar Delest wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Huge thanks for such reactivity indeed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But a lot of people are missing it due to the "portable" version being
>>>>>> too hidden in our download infrastructure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What's the best solution to ensure that:
>>>>>> 1) Users can actually find the "portable" version and
>>>>>> 2) Users are correctly informed that this is a third-party port?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My proposal (subject to lazy consensus or discussion here) would be to
>>>>>> modify
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/**download/<http://www.openoffice.org/download/>
>>>>>> as follows: add it to the line that says
>>>>>> Get all platforms, languages, language packs | Source Code tarballs and
>>>>>> SDK |
>>>>>> so that it becomes
>>>>>> Get all platforms, languages, language packs | Source Code tarballs and
>>>>>> SDK | Third-party and portable versions
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and to link the additional text to
>>>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/**porting/<http://www.openoffice.org/porting/>
>>>>>> so that people are correctly informed. This also ensures that when/if we
>>>>>> have other portable versions available nothing needs to be changed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> To have a visible impression see here:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://ooo-site.staging.**apache.org/download/test/**index.html<http://ooo-site.staging.apache.org/download/test/index.html>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> +1, is "portings" the right word ? my dictionary suggest "ports",  but I
>>>> am
>>>> no native speaker.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hm, my favorite online dictionary says "portings". ;-) Let's see what our
>>> native speakers will say.
>>>
>>
>> "ports" is more usual in a software context.
>>
>> But "portable" is ambiguous, since it means two things:  1) capable of
>> being ported to multiple platforms.  2) something you can carry.
>>
>> Since we offer portable code, ports of the binaries and a portable
>> version, it is hard to avoid confusion here ;-)
>
> The link says:
> Portable USB version and other third-party portings

I think "Third-party ports including a portable USB version" is better US 
English.

>
> and the title:
> Get Apache OpenOffice as portable USB version or choose from other 
> third-party portings

"Get third-party ports of Apache OpenOffice including a portable USB version."

>
> Shouldn't this be enough to make it clear? Or is it better when I replace 
> "Portable USB version" with "Portable USB App"?

If we say App then users will be thinking "App Store".

Regards,
Dave

>
> Marcus
>
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