Issue 18953

Summary:	Download Table Needs Clarification re Mirror Sites
Product:	Infrastructure	Reporter:	tamblyne <tamblyne>
Component:	Website general issues	Assignee:	issues@infrastructure <issues>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED	QA Contact:	issues@infrastructure <issues>
Severity:	Trivial
Priority:	P3	CC:	issues, kschenk
Version:	OOo 1.1 RC3
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux, all
URL:	http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/source/1.1rc3/index.html#en
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Latest Confirmation in:	---
Developer Difficulty:	---

Description tamblyne 2003-09-02 11:26:02 UTC

Many users are getting to the URL above (Windows/English download mirrors) and
don't know what to do from here.  

It is confusing because (1) they have chosen the English version and many
non-English speaking countries are included in the mirrors and (2) the name
"BinaryCode" seems to cause confusion -- many don't seem to understand that it
is the name of the site and not a reference to the OOo program itself.  

Perhaps the confusion could be resolved by placing a short explanation in the
first column (Under "Windows (en)") stating that -- "The links to the right are
mirror sites.  Choose one near you." -- or -- "Click on one of the links to the
right to start the download."  

Tam

Comment 1 lsuarezpotts 2003-09-02 17:21:53 UTC

hi
rather funny: I had the same language once and that caused *more* confusion!
it is very difficult creating a system given the tools we are using that is really un-
confusing.
However, Kay is using javascript to see about creating a better system. She is working 
on dev@website.openoffice.org.  Please join her. 
I'm keeing this open and adding Kay.
louis

Comment 2 tamblyne 2004-12-18 14:57:48 UTC

Kay's JavaScript seems to have solved this problem -- closing.

Comment 3 tamblyne 2004-12-18 14:58:24 UTC