Downloads - Immodest Proposal

[Curry Kenworthy]

 > '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.