On 8 November 2013 23:20, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > Daniel - you mean the main download page [1], right? Not the VirtualBox > page [2]? >
Yep. > These and other wiki pages are indeed long and complex. We could break > those out into a dozen subpages to keep each one manageable. This problem > was meant to be solved by the new website template designed to replace the > static main site. > > I believe Bernie has a stat tool for pages including the static main site, > i remember seeing a report where traffic was like a thousand times more > than usual after one of our press releases in the past. > > Conversion rate will both improve and remain very marginal as we > streamline the existing structure since we haven't had press coverage for > some time. I'm all for measuring, the number can only go up. > Ok, I'll see if I can find the stats. > However, without even measuring anything, there can be no doubt that every > extra click will cost us downloads when we get press coverage rolling again. > I agree about that. > The best way to do it is to propose a default pair of pancake buttons > (SoaS/VM) based on the visitor's OS and language, and hide the complex > lists under an "other systems and languages" link. Adobe (Flash, Reader) > and OOo do it like this. > Gah, I guess the situation with the website will get in the way here, I'll see if I can figure out something. VirtualBox: I believe the installer autoconfigures itself for language > (around 20 langs) after first screen in English, but we need to know if our > VMs could autoconfigure for lang/keyb and if so, how much work that is, I > imagine the alternative being a matrix of prebuilt machines by language > (for sure that will be work). The learning curve and resources required is > why I want to reach out to Oracle. > > For SoaS, I believe it has always been default US-en lang/keyb, we'd have > to ask Peter if a reasonably simple solution for multiple languages is > available - ideally, a language setup screen when first run. > > A first run setup screen seems like a reasonable solution for both SoaS and Virtualbox? It could go in the intro screen, reusing the control panel bits we already have. Maybe not ideal for multi-user systems but...
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