I do have an idea, why not along side the download like mysql site has it it asks you if you want to register on their site, or continue to the download, why dont we do something similar to that where it will show and ask the user if they would like to donate offering them the appropriate options if not they can go directly to the download.
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Florian Effenberger < flo...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Christian Lohmaier wrote on 2013-04-10 13:44: > >> I absolutely hate it. >> This might work when there would only be one single download, as since >> lanugagepacks and/or help are separate, leaving the dowload page just >> is a slap into the face of the user/me. >> > > agreed, the fact that usually we have several downloads for users speaks > against the concept - didn't have that on my mind, but you are right. > > Sadly, I see no real way of doing this nicely. We can open up a new > window, so the initial download offer is in one tab/window, and the > donate+download page in a second, so users could easily switch. But then, > people often dislike if new windows are opened. > > I have no real solution to that, agreed. I'd like to give it a try to see > if it really brings massive improvements or not. When we see the outcome, > we can still decide what to do. The current way is nothing I'd like to > enforce, it's just a try, because we've been hearing quite often that "ask > for donation while the download runs" would bring massive improvements, and > other projects do this as well. > > Florian > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > website+help@global.**libreoffice.org<website%2bh...@global.libreoffice.org> > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** > unsubscribe/<http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** > Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: > http://listarchives.**libreoffice.org/global/**website/<http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Jonathan Aquilina -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to website+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
