In looking into some usability issues, I ran into a concern about how Java is optional yet there are features that absolutely depend on it. I think some of those are essential features.
I have been mentioning this in other contexts and I'd like to test community wisdom for understanding here. I have opened a question on the ASF Legal-Discuss list: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-228 The essential cases that startled me were: (1) Creating a new Base document, with default repository, only to find out that I can't edit it or otherwise make use of the default repository without a JRE, at least on Windows; (2) The Help | OpenOffice Help (F1) | Find search operation. If we are not going to install a suitable JRE as part of AOO binary installers, how should we make it more clear that Java is required for what might seem to be essential functions? (There are other matters about how the need for a JRE in a given situation is made known, but that is separate from a general requirement that a JRE be present.) Should advice just be to install a suitable JRE? Or should we differentiate where Java will be required before an user is surprised by an announcement that an operation can't be performed because there is no suitable JRE installed? - Dennis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
