Richard: > How they handle email address harvesting at the .com site for > the proprietary edition is, literally, their business.
My interest is primarily for the .com site, and I'm comfortable sharing my opinion. Of course they have every right to their own decision too and I have the deepest respect for that. In my experience LiveCode is a company that does listen over time, so it's always interesting to have a discussion, whatever the venue and final result, always in a friendly spirit. That's a nice distinction you have to make a direct contact only to the company about .com matters, but I didn't feel that way on this particular topic, plus I can learn in the process and see what a few other users think too!
While discussing this I should have added that I still LOVE the full downloads page at downloads.livecode.com and even made a video about it a while back. It could be an overwhelming page for non-geeks on their very first day, but it's just right for many initiated users, even when they are still fairly new to the LC world. Hope it will never go away. A dynamic link at the top could help people quickly access the most relevant version or two for their own platform, and there could be other tweaks but I like the concept pretty much as it is.
One more observation is that I do see other companies requiring a signup too, but interestingly enough the word "Download" is still sometimes prominent in their signup mechanism! It's a nice call to action and can be paired with other phrases to cover all the bases. Personally I like to see a download at the beginning, that's me, but I had to chuckle seeing how it's possible to have it both ways, with "Download" leading to a sign up. And of course it's very true, people are signing up with the goal of accessing those downloads. Pretty good approach.
Best wishes, Curry Kenworthy Custom Software Development LiveCode Training and Consulting http://livecodeconsulting.com/ _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
