johnny smith wrote:
javascript-based input boxes have never been very reliable. where has
gone the old plain link to <http://www.openoffice.org/download/other/>?
The URL is http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html and you will
find it there as usual (it's linked from the main download box too).
it seems to employ an easier script and contains other valuable
information. it would be quite precious in the original poster's case.
Yes, it is JavaScript-generated too, for maintainability reasons. But
you'll see a whole thread on the dev list on how to make it automated
(since we need it, otherwise it gets unmaintainable) and not dependent
on JavaScript.
'Alternative download mirrors (binaries)' pointing to sourceforge
Indeed, this would be best described as "Alternative download link".
Fixed. Thanks. http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1621587
the link provided within the <noscript> tag,
<http://www.apache.org/dyn/aoo-closer.cgi/openoffice/>, is not very
reliable too. for my location, it suggested the
<http://apache-mirror.rbc.ru/pub/apache/openoffice/> mirror, which does
not host the binaries.
Apache mirrors do not provide binaries. For occasional download needs,
use dist:
http://archive.apache.org/dist/openoffice/4.1.1/
But Apache Infra has asked us not to put it on the download page since
that server is not meant for wide distribution and it doesn't have the
needed bandwidth. The fact that noscript provides that link is wrong;
fixed with a direct link to SourceForge.
to sum up, i think what is desirable is an alternative download page
based on plain html or server-side script. also, the link to
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/> should be
accompanied by some instructions like these
An assumption that we can make is that people who disable JavaScript
know their way around. So it now links to
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/
and a simplified version of your instructions is given.
Regards,
Andrea.
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