(I wonder if they push the stub so as to collect more (system) information without having to say that it's Firefox itself that's collecting that information.)
Or am I missing something?
"Systems & Languages" doesn't tell me anything about being able to find the offline installer there. Either changing the phrasing to something more explicit like "Other downloads", and/or adding a title attribute explaining what can you find there could be a good improvement.
Also, giving a hint at the "thank you" page (ex. Having trouble? Try the offline installer) would be a nice addition.
> You are missing his point that it's not easy to find [...]
That, on the other hand, is a valid point.
Entering in much detail of a specific use case is not really a helpful way to leave feedback, but it's understandable since users have the perception that their use case is completely ignored/forgotten.
The alternative, expecting all users to know precisely which components they need, is absurd and never works. And we all know you can't reliably do configuration detection in a web page to that extent either.
My suspicion is that it's essentially a "security through obscurity" tactic, so that the majority of users are left with no choice but the "smart" installer, which offers greater control for load balancing heavy duty traffic during peak download periods.
or you can go to http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases... from a traditional web browser as well
Cheers!
That sounds rather unlikely.