It also looks a bit 'dumb' that we dont have a link to others from the download page within our no script tag:
http://pastebin.mozilla.org/?diff=2959355 We never send people to other if JS is not working, let alone the language table. On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > On 9/2/13, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > > In the last few weeks we've seen users unable to see the big "Download" > > button in http://www.openoffice.org/download/ due to broken (but still > > used) browsers that failed to parse the JavaScript correctly. And > > http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html cannot be used as a > > fallback due to the same issue. > > > > The JavaScript in other.html is used only to generate the page content, > > and the result is independent of the user's browser: as Marcus > > explained, it is there for convenience in creating the page. > > How are we using the <noscript> tag within others? and which kind of > content is it trying to plug? > > > Would it make sense to do the following? > > > > 1) Add an "All Apache OpenOffice downloads" link in the right-hand-side > > column of http://www.openoffice.org/download/ near the top: this way, we > > ensure that browsers with poor JavaScript support still display the link. > > Problaby the quicker solution, still is just a patch instead of just > doing good webdev. > > > 2) Rename other.html to other_js.html > > This is a bad idea, I've seen many alternative clones being > unmantained by webmasters. > > > 3) Modify other.html by pasting the actual download table (can be > > retrieved, for example, with Firebug from other_js.html) in its HTML. > > > > This way we add a manual step (step 3) once per release, but we can be > > sure that virtually all users can download OpenOffice in all cases > > (working JavaScript, no JavaScript, broken JavaScript). > > > > Regards, > > Andrea. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > Alexandro Colorado > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > http://www.openoffice.org > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://www.openoffice.org
