[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 44585] "Download" button on http://www.libreoffice.org/ should auto-detect OS and initiate download of the latest release version

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44585

Asa Dotzler <asa at mozilla.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Downloading libreoffice is  |"Download" button on
                   |too complicated             |http://www.libreoffice.org/
                   |                            |should auto-detect OS and
                   |                            |initiate download of the
                   |                            |latest release version
                URL|                            |http://www.libreoffice.org/

--- Comment #4 from Asa Dotzler <asa at mozilla.org> 2012-02-18 17:55:18 PST ---
Andreas is right. Not only are you providing a difficult user experience, you're also very likely losing a majority of your possible downloads thanks to this
broken flow. 

http://www.libreoffice.org/ should detect the user's operating system and language and dynamically generate the proper download link for the big green button. 
If you need help with this, perhaps viewing the source of the Firefox download page might help. http://www.mozilla.org/firefox

The download button should include the product name, version, OS, and language and it should have a link underneath it for other OSes and languages. Just copy
Firefox here. We've been tuning this thing for years and you're not going to do better. (I would not include the file size as Andreas has in his mock; it's
just too big a number and will scare off people who would otherwise be willing to wait.)

When a user clicks the download button, the site should load in a new page that will be the background behind the browser's download dialogs. This page should
explain the download process --  where to locate the downloaded file and how to start the installer. Optionally, this page could have "getting started"
information.

I realize that you all are putting in a huge effort in making the code better, but if you don not put in the relatively smaller effort of making the download
experience not suck, you're missing a huge opportunity to get actual human beings on major operating systems using your software.

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