Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice download page: updating the text

2024-06-12 Thread Justin Luth
On 6/12/24 10:39 AM, Mike Saunders wrote: On 12/06/2024 16:22, Justin Luth wrote: FRESH is still only suitable for early adopters. OK, but that raises the question then of whether we should even offer it prominently on the download page, or as the first option. In your view, should we then

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice download page: updating the text

2024-06-12 Thread Justin Luth
I completely disagree with your definition of "stable". Stable in this context means "it works just as good (or better) with my existing documents as the version of LO that I want to upgrade from". It means no regressions, no crashing, no surprises. It does not mean "no new development" since noth

[libreoffice-marketing] The version after 7.6 will be 24.2.0 - 24.2.7 (was: Please communicate the next version number)

2023-06-01 Thread Justin Luth
The ESC agreed that the version after 7.6.x will be 24.2.0 - 24.2.7. On 5/30/23 7:57 AM, Justin Luth wrote: On 5/30/23 5:28 AM, Italo Vignoli wrote: We will announce the change explaining in detail what will happen in the interim period (i.e. when we will have the 2024.2 and the 7.6 releases

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Development will branch off of 7.6 on Jun 5. Please communicate the next version number

2023-05-30 Thread Justin Luth
On 5/30/23 5:28 AM, Italo Vignoli wrote: On 30/05/23 10:19, Stephan Bergmann wrote: * How does the new versioning scheme fit with the current setup of having two parallel streams of "fresh" (currently LO 7.5.3) and "still" (currently LO 7.4.7) versions? We will announce the change explaining

[libreoffice-marketing] Development will branch off of 7.6 on Jun 5. Please communicate the next version number

2023-05-26 Thread Justin Luth
Dear Marketing, In a few weeks, the next version of LibreOffice will branch off of 7.6, and gain its new name. Additionally, a release plan needs to be published imminently. Now is an ideal time for deciding and communicating what the next version number will be. This also impacts things like bib

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice get involved and donation infobars - how often to show them?

2021-04-27 Thread Justin Luth
You are already getting my code contributions completely free, so IMHO you should be satisfied with people making general donations to TDF instead of ever nagging them via infobars. So I still think this is a bad idea. Justin On 4/27/21 5:28 PM, Mike Saunders wrote: Hello everyone, In rec

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Comments to Proposals

2020-11-11 Thread Justin Luth
I think that the prominent box at the top linking to reasons why businesses should find a supported release to be desirable is a good improvement. However, for the remainder of the page the existing content was much better, and much more accurate. "LibreOffice 7.0.x: If you'

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Comments to Proposals

2020-11-10 Thread Justin Luth
When it comes time to vote, please make sure there is some kind of "none of the above" option on the ballot.  Otherwise some people will not be able to vote, and then there will be complaints that the percentage of members voting is too low. In fact, I would add both a "none of the above", and

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] The Edition Matter

2020-10-23 Thread Justin Luth
+1 to what Uwe and Michael and Telesto have been saying. Personal / Community are not accurate labels because they imply missing features. LibreOffice as we currently know it is full featured. By introducing these labels, you are signaling an intent to "dumb down" LibreOffice. The current re

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] plea to remove in-app advertising from LibreOffice

2019-05-10 Thread Justin Luth
, Justin Luth wrote: On 1/30/19 7:26 PM, Italo Vignoli (and Sophi and Mike) wrote: Of course, this does not mean that the current solution is the best one and therefore there is space for improvement (which is not getting rid of the request, as that would not be an improvement at all). The

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] plea to remove in-app advertising from LibreOffice

2019-04-14 Thread Justin Luth
On 1/30/19 7:26 PM, Italo Vignoli (and Sophi and Mike) wrote: Of course, this does not mean that the current solution is the best one and therefore there is space for improvement (which is not getting rid of the request, as that would not be an improvement at all). The recent LO 6.3 addition of

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] plea to remove in-app advertising from LibreOffice

2019-02-15 Thread Justin Luth
On 1/30/19 7:26 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote: The fact that you do not see the request for donations from Thunderbird confirms what I have written in my previous message: Your screen does not reflect in any way what actually happens on any of my machines. And I am quite sure that I have never done

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] plea to remove in-app advertising from LibreOffice

2019-01-30 Thread Justin Luth
On 1/30/19 12:00 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote: ... Thunderbird - who shows the donation message at every launch of the program, so even multiple times per day - but I have not seen any similar complaints on Thunderbird support mailing lists. I have used Thunderbird on a daily basis for over 10 years

[libreoffice-marketing] plea to remove in-app advertising from LibreOffice

2019-01-29 Thread Justin Luth
Someone on ask.libreoffice.org wrote: “Lately, in LibreOffice 6.1.2.1 I get a nag window on top asking me to get involved. Are you trying to become obnoxious windows-like software? How do I get rid of that thing?” This succinct post is very revealing, and perfectly mirrors my own initial and o