public inbox for [email protected]
help / color / mirror / Atom feedFrom: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
To: Scott Mead <[email protected]>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]>
Cc: Dave Page <[email protected]>
Cc: Devrim GÜNDÜZ <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Linux Downloads page change
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:24:34 -0400
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKq0gv+SnOB6+NjJU3oeNW_Pu6WqDfSJWGrX+u3pQ+7_HwY=+A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKq0gvKQ_44fgTfCvFOtHVWg5==miS5R3Z4L32Tv5mH0wRJp0g@mail.gmail.com>
<CAKq0gvKGb4_u0bfnvXE85AccB_a0b0aFy+BJ2tPvb1fmd1o4jA@mail.gmail.com>
<[email protected]>
<CAKq0gvK_4Q_ETtOaGDtoh5y20JsqC2Dw_pTdtHmSp7MJ5SUWJg@mail.gmail.com>
<CA+OCxoxHh-cg4A+zJ2c8Cmmue7zgMdUOM1EahfpH5zkYsqKxLw@mail.gmail.com>
<[email protected]>
<CAKq0gvKSgqta2Zrtp5OsT5pqO0ZTuAqR=SX1RB4bONcdp9C1AQ@mail.gmail.com>
<CABUevExAjstWLg5bVWD8ySjewM7c902mv2=P7xTPvpGidzg17A@mail.gmail.com>
<CAKq0gvJRaUxP1wxQGrvjwLhHDSaSfm-wMaU_WWYLt3aDF47jAQ@mail.gmail.com>
<CAKq0gv+SnOB6+NjJU3oeNW_Pu6WqDfSJWGrX+u3pQ+7_HwY=+A@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 04:08:18PM -0400, Scott Mead wrote:
> I'll update our site and get back to you.
>
>
>
> I also for the first time clicked one of those links. To me, the way
> that those pages request a login and registratoin to download them is
> completely unacceptable. Yes, I realize there is a "there's a download
> link at the bottom if you don't want to" (or as you like to phrase it,
> "feel anti-social", which is clearly designed to make people sign up).
> But I don't think that's acceptable for something to be listed on our
> primary download pages. I'm ok (but not with a big margin) with how
> EnterpriseDB does it - which is that they deliver your download and
> *then* suggest you register as well. (Actually, I see now that they
> have stopped doing that completely and instead throw some marketing
> and ads for their cloud product at you)
>
>
> Okay, we'll talk about this internally, but I'm thinking that we'll
> probably kick the download off and then leave a register page up
> underneath.
>
>
> It took a while, but we updated the downloads that are launched from:
> http://www.openscg.com/se/postgresql/packages.jsp
>
> Once you drill into a platform, it will launch the download, and leave the
> registration page up underneath.
I just clicked on:
http://www.openscg.com/se/oscg_download.jsp?file=packages/postgres_9.1.4-1.i386.openscg.deb&user...
and my download did _not_ start automatically. The "click here" link
does work.
--
Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +
view thread (56+ messages) latest in thread
reply
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
reply via email
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Re: Linux Downloads page change
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
This inbox is served by agora; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox