247675 - Rework download.js for product page

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[Daniel Wang]

1. don't use UA detection. Work the language so MacOS 9 users know there are no
releases for them.
2. don't hardcode download path in .js. Instead, embed JS code in product pages:
  like var gWin32DownloadLink = %%var%%;
3. don't generate <table> (since the site HTML will 'break' in ns4 anyway)
4. put in products/ directory for sharing

Comment 1

[Daniel Wang]

Attachment: products/download.js v0.1

very incomplete. catch-all script for sidebar, product page, and front page.

For Mac OS, this script only checks for navigator.platform.indexOf("Mac") and
put out a link for Mac OS X. I'd assume Mac OS 8/9 people will click the "Other
Systems" link and find out there's no build for them. It's not ideal but surely
beats UA sniffing.

Comment 2

[Daniel Wang]

Attachment: products/download-js.txt v0.1

Comment 3

[timeless]

Comment on attachment 151488 [details]
products/download.js v0.1

>  if (url.indexOf(ftp.eu.mozilla.org) != -1) {

nice js.

Comment 4

[Jan Kulhanek]

*** Bug 248353 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

reassigning endico's bugs to default owner

Comment 6

[Daniel Wang]

*** Bug 266856 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

This seems like something mozilla.com uses now. Moving there.

Comment 8

[Paul Kim]

Closing unless I hear differently.