Received: from magus.postgresql.org (magus.postgresql.org [87.238.57.229]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C61D930E1E for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2012 17:24:55 -0300 (ADT) Received: from momjian.us ([72.94.173.45]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SxOQW-0003I8-Hd for pgsql-www@postgresql.org; Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:24:54 +0000 Received: from bruce by momjian.us with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SxOQE-0007jt-TW; Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:24:34 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:24:34 -0400 From: Bruce Momjian To: Scott Mead Cc: Magnus Hagander , Dave Page , Devrim =?iso-8859-1?B?R9xORNxa?= , "pgsql-www@postgresql.org" Subject: Re: Linux Downloads page change Message-ID: <20120803202434.GB5808@momjian.us> References: <20120709175359.GB5920@momjian.us> <20120710144721.GA31912@momjian.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Archive-Number: 201208/3 X-Sequence-Number: 20855 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 http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. +