Downloads - Immodest Proposal

[Lagi Pittas]

Hi,

Over the years I found that when there was a trial version of software ,
whether it was 10 days or 30 days , it didn't make any difference because
 except for the first day of download life/work would get in the way and by
the time I had time to test the software the 30 days were up.


XOJO in my opinion has been clever - the system works forever in the IDE
 you just can't compile..

LC should put the community version next to the compare versions table and
allow people to download that - you either love it or hate it so why bother
whether they can see the communirty  version. Like you say we need to get
it in as many hands.

Again time has been spent prettyjng up the site (in your face popups that
sh*t on my windscreen everytime I go to the frontpage - have they heard
about ciookies?.

No thought has been given about the user experience and the hoops people
have to jump through. I say again B4a and Xojo are priced right for an
entry level system and are a no brainer - I have bought both and they won't
run out.

Will Livecode's "digital Marketing" get with the program any time soon? --
I think not until the SHTF

Lagi

On 13 April 2017 at 17:44, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

>
> > 'Confusion' being an understatement, it would have swiftly
> > caused shock and horror :)
> > Dave
>
> Yep. :) But there are good reasons for comparison. Swift was making an
> outrageous joke to draw attention to other actual proposals for the
> problems of his day.
>
> Right at the moment there may have been a dip in LC newbies (perhaps,
> judging from some imperfect indicators) and naturally there's a "hunger" to
> spread the word and get LC into the hands of interested people. Having a
> download as visible and easy as possible could be a realistic measure to
> help with part of that. Ditto for a very "swift" signup.
>
> So joking about it might go like: Whatever you do, don't show the
> uninitiated and uncouth masses of people your greatest treasure, that is,
> your downloads! You must keep those a secret altogether, or at least make
> people go through a satisfying number of steps first before they reach
> them, so only the elite will find them, being tested and purified, thus in
> the proper state of mind to appreciate the true quality of these
> executables. Never be tempted by frivolous appeals to reduce the number of
> steps or clicks in that process, or to start the download while they are
> verifying their email, or heaven forbid, to roll the signup into the
> installer. No, friends, the real answer has been right in front of us the
> whole time. All we need to do is get LC tattoos in, let's say, "modest"
> places. It flies under the radar, but really makes an impact when revealed
> in some situations. And you always know it's there, gives you secret
> empowerment all day. Something like that.
>
> You can see why I thought again and held off on that the first post!
>
> Anyway, I would say it's also just a tiny bit shocking to have no download
> links at all on the site. Have you seen the LC site lately? I could find no
> download links at all. None. There's the signup but it's a pretty
> roundabout process. If I were a first-time visitor to the LC web site, I'm
> not sure whether I would have snagged a download by the end of my visit or
> not. That's why I posted.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Curry K.
>
>
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