Re: Linux Downloads page change

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.

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