On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Marcus (OOo) <marcus.m...@wtnet.de> wrote:
> Am 09/02/2013 06:51 PM, schrieb Alexandro Colorado: > > It also looks a bit 'dumb' that we dont have a link to others from the >> download page within our no script tag: >> > > Of course it doesn't make sense to refer to a page with JS when JS is > disabled in the broeser. That's why there is no link to the webpage. > downloads, need to provide a download link, that is just common sense. There is another problem with othes.html but not offering ANY link, is no solution. > > Marcus > > > > > 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/<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<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/<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-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org<dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://www.openoffice.org
