Website download section

[Tim M]

Geert, I do see what you are saying about the links.

However, to be honest I don't think the download links should be bypassing
the download screen of Sourceforge anyway, especially for the binaries and
source code.  The HTML Readme is a tiny file on the other hand, so IMO it's
not a big deal if it worked without the screen appearing.  Advertising which
appears on those pages is part of the site's revenue structure, which in
turn helps to pay for the downloads and hosting costs though, so I
personally think the GnuCash links should direct to the Sourceforge download
page for the specific file rather than attempting to bypass it.

I don't know how others feel about it, but I think it's important to keep
their revenue structure intact for the services they are providing rather
than try to bypass it.

-Tim


On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 3:38 AM, Geert Janssens
<janssens-geert at telenet.be>wrote:

> On Thursday 12 November 2009, Geert Janssens wrote:
> > On Thursday 12 November 2009, John Ralls wrote:
> > > The magic link is:
> > >
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gnucash/Gnucash%20OSX%20Read
> > >me .html
> > >
> > > That will magically find the best (or user's default, if he's got a
> > > sourceforge account and has it set up) mirror and doesn't flash the
> > > mirror screen. It works equally well for the binaries, so the user
> > > will just get the "download destination" dialog box and will stay on
> > > the Gnucash page.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > John Ralls
> >
> > Very nice !
> >
> > Where appropriate, I have changed the links to use your magic formula.
> >
> > Unfortunatly, it seems sourceforge is having some issues right now: I
> can't
> > connect to any part of it. So I can't validate the links yet.
> >
> > If someone else has more luck connecting to SF, let me know if the links
> > work.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Geert
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>
> Sourceforge is working again, so I tested these new links.
>
> They work fine, but there is some weirdness going on with the mirror
> screen.
>
> When I click on a link on my new download page, I see the mirror screen
> flashing in between. But when I copy a link from the download page, open a
> new
> browser window, paste the link and then hit enter, there's no mirror screen
> flashing. When I click on the link in the email you sent, it won't flash
> the
> mirror screen. But in all three cases the link used is exactly the same.
>
> So to me it seems sourceforge is treating redirects differently based on
> the
> referrer link in the html header or it's using some cookie magic. And
> that's
> something out of my control.
>
> Can you test this as well ?
>
> Geert
>
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