Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-20 Thread Sveinn í Felli
Þann mið 20.okt 2010 07:24, skrifaði Sebastian Spaeth: On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:07:47 -0500, Barbara Dupreyb...@onr.com wrote: If you would like to monitor what is happening here in the future you may want a web interface to the mailing lists - I will be leaving this page up

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-20 Thread Bernhard Dippold
As nearly nobody can read all the mails here thoroughly, I just repeat what I read: Charles Marcus schrieb: On 2010-10-19 8:11 AM, Xi Embalsado wrote: WOW! I could never fit a size 50 to a size 2! Well at least don't go to the Microsoft Office size (600MB) Better make things in separate

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-18 6:13 PM, Andy Brown wrote: Not trying to put words in your mouth, so to speak, but I think you intended without instead of with. Which I agree with. There should have been better planing on several levels. This isn't productive... how about making suggestions for how to improve

RE: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Xi Embalsado
Sorry for typing that (I was too excited for the RTM version). I have a question... Why is the Beta 2 twice as big as Beta 1? -- E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Volker Merschmann
Hi, 2010/10/19 Xi Embalsado newecrea...@hotmail.com: Sorry for typing that (I was too excited for the  RTM version). I have a question... Why is the Beta 2 twice as big as Beta 1? It contains about fifty languages for the UI. Regards Volker -- ++ Volker Merschmann - ODF-Software

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 07:49 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: ... how about making suggestions for how to improve things going forward and stop complaining about what is already done? IIRC, several people have suggested some small changes to the current website that would make a significant

RE: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Xi Embalsado
Sorry... I'm new here and my inbox is getting to be 700 messages filled up. -- E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ All

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-19 8:11 AM, Xi Embalsado wrote: WOW! I could never fit a size 50 to a size 2! Well at least don't go to the Microsoft Office size (600MB) Better make things in separate languages. Sorry for some big comments there... What would make more sense to me is to make one installer with

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-19 8:12 AM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 07:49 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: ... how about making suggestions for how to improve things going forward and stop complaining about what is already done? IIRC, several people have suggested some small changes to the

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread James Wilde
On Oct 19, 2010, at 13:49 , Charles Marcus wrote: ... This isn't productive... how about making suggestions for how to improve things going forward and stop complaining about what is already done? (from the original post) Action point 1: redirect TDF to LibO and not vice versa or have TDF

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread James Wilde
On Oct 19, 2010, at 13:49 , Charles Marcus wrote: ... This isn't productive... how about making suggestions for how to improve things going forward and stop complaining about what is already done? Better still, kill the conversation in here, as has been suggested twice now, and continue it

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Barbara Duprey
On 10/18/2010 11:38 PM, Drew Jensen wrote: On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 17:09 +1300, Paul A Norman wrote: Yep I've had two confirmtatoin that I have left the list and still the emails come rolling Does this constitute nuisnace email now? Paul Sure - you click on reply to the confirmation emails -

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi, James Wilde schrieb: There is also a forum. How I'm going to find that there is a libreofficeforum.org I don't know. Maybe it's referenced somewhere. I think there was a link on the Contribute page, alongside the link to 'some lists'. However, the forum address should be

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Chris Carpenter
On 10/18/2010 03:23 AM, Stefan Weigel wrote: Hi, James Wilde schrieb: There is also a forum. How I'm going to find that there is a libreofficeforum.org I don't know. Maybe it's referenced somewhere. I think there was a link on the Contribute page, alongside the link to 'some lists'. However,

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi, Chris Carpenter schrieb: Well, there have been doubts, if it makes sense to open yet another forum, since the existing forums are all community driven and support OOo and all of its derivates as well. In this case, shouldn't there be links to these other forums? Sure. But I think,

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Paul A Norman
Please, James is right - it is very very difficult as just a User to find your way around - I've said it a couple of times, and it is really really true. Paul On 18 October 2010 22:34, Stefan Weigel stefan.wei...@bildungskreis.org wrote: Hi, Chris Carpenter schrieb: Well, there have been

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hi, Paul A Norman schrieb: Please, James is right I didn´t say he´s wrong. Stefan -- E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ All messages you send to this list will

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi, 2010/10/18 Charles Marcus cmar...@media-brokers.com: On 2010-10-18 3:38 AM, James Wilde wrote: Action point 5:  Let the list system fade out, or at least move it down the priorities for user support.  I know there are people in here who live in the Unix world - I did myself once - and use

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-18 10:07 AM, Sigrid Carrera wrote: yes, indeed, Mailman does support something like a mailinglist-forum-bridge. I am also involved in the new Mageia distribution and one of the participants there has for test purposes created such a forum-mailinglist gateway. You can read his

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Roxy Robinson
All of you folks that are running this show had better start thinking about what the USERS need's are, or pretty soon you are going to turn around and find that most of your users have left. I have been using OOo for almost as long as it has been available and have told many people about it.

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Sveinn í Felli
Hi Þann mán 18.okt 2010 15:08, skrifaði Roxy Robinson: All of you folks that are running this show had better start thinking about what the USERS need's are, or pretty soon you are going to turn around and find that most of your users have left. I have been using OOo for almost as long as it

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-18 10:07, Sigrid Carrera a écrit : Hi, 2010/10/18 Charles Marcuscmar...@media-brokers.com: On 2010-10-18 3:38 AM, James Wilde wrote: Action point 5: Let the list system fade out, or at least move it down the priorities for user support. I know there are people in here who live in

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Roxy Robinson
Please don't shout, we get the message. If I had been shouting the entire message would have been all caps. I was using all caps for EMPHASIS! Technically there are not yet any normal LibreOffice users; there's not yet any official release, only a beta. Is this not hoped to be a move of all the

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Sebastian Spaeth
On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:25:52 -0400, Charles Marcus cmar...@media-brokers.com wrote: Best would be to find some way to integrate a decent forum platform with a decent mail list manager... The nabble forums are rather easy to integrate in a website and provide seamless integration with a

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Drew Jensen
On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 21:15 +0200, Sebastian Spaeth wrote: On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:25:52 -0400, Charles Marcus cmar...@media-brokers.com wrote: Best would be to find some way to integrate a decent forum platform with a decent mail list manager... The nabble forums are rather easy to

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-18 3:15 PM, Sebastian Spaeth wrote: On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:25:52 -0400, Charles Marcus cmar...@media-brokers.com wrote: Best would be to find some way to integrate a decent forum platform with a decent mail list manager... The nabble forums are rather easy to integrate in a

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 04:12:35PM +, Sveinn � Felli wrote: .humongous snip.. I think that it would be beneficial to launch a new thread on user-services, navigation and user-feedback in order to find a good structure and basic organisation. Even if things like

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Roxy Robinson
I believe if it had been me: establish the main steering committee, while at the same time get the website set up. Then, before ever issuing - especially a BETA VERSION - software, I would use the website to introduce the WHAT, WHERE, WHY, WHEN, AND HOW of the new organization. Why it exists,

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Jon Hamkins
On 10/18/2010 01:58 PM, Roxy Robinson wrote: I believe if it had been me: establish the main steering committee, while at the same time get the website set up. Then, before ever issuing - especially a BETA VERSION - software, I would use the website to introduce the WHAT, WHERE, WHY, WHEN,

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Roxy Robinson
Well, you can think what you want to think and I, as just a common every day, 9 year user of OOo, will think what I want to think. Your thoughts went way beyond what I said needed to be done, anyway. To release any software, beta or otherwise, with the support/instruction function in place, is

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Andy Brown
On Mon Oct 18 2010 15:00:59 GMT-0700 (PDT) Roxy Robinson wrote: Well, you can think what you want to think and I, as just a common every day, 9 year user of OOo, will think what I want to think. Your thoughts went way beyond what I said needed to be done, anyway. To release any software, beta

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Roxy Robinson
Thanks, Andy, I did mean without, of course. I do that quite often, because I think ahead of what I type. Too often, too far ahead. Roxy On Mon Oct 18 2010 15:00:59 GMT-0700 (PDT) Roxy Robinson wrote: Well, you can think what you want to think and I, as just a common every day, 9 year user

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Jon Hamkins
On 10/18/2010 03:00 PM, Roxy Robinson wrote: Well, you can think what you want to think and I, as just a common every day, 9 year user of OOo, will think what I want to think. Your thoughts went way beyond what I said needed to be done, anyway. To release any software, beta or otherwise,

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Paul A Norman
p.s. The Swiss have, through the centuries, developed a real sense of checks and balances in participatory decession making porocesses that really efficently get things done in a way that they feel satisfied their goals and aims are being met. I'll rest on this now - I hope that it helps any one

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Roxy Robinson
I was saying I have been using OOo 9 years - and actually when I start counting its probably a year or 2 longer - only because I have used it exclusively as my office program. I'm not trying to establish a reputation for anything except for being a bit dissatisfied with the way things are going

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Jon Hamkins
On 10/18/2010 07:27 PM, Roxy Robinson wrote: You just don't get it - the web page is the problem. There is nothing there to learn. Is there something you are trying to find out? I am willing to help you learn the answers. Jon -- E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Paul A Norman
Thanks Roxy, Yes that it what I got too and used to try and unsubscribe but still the emails keep rolling in. I used the approriate thing for the other hidden list I was herded onto abruptely as well. One of the ones that you could not find by yourself, it was after all only the Users' Help

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Jon Hamkins
On 10/18/2010 08:07 PM, Roxy Robinson wrote: I have been learning most of the answers through this email list, which is, of course, the reason I joined it in the first place. Because there wasn't anything to learn on the web page. But now my inbox is inundated with mail, and I shouldn't have

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Jon Hamkins
On 10/18/2010 08:11 PM, Paul A Norman wrote: Hidden under Contribute on their current front paghe they ahve weay down some where some lists - who knows there might even be a more appropriate list. I was told off for trying to report a fault in the beta 2 here and told to go to the User's Help

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Paul A Norman
Still getting email even though I've had two confirmed unsubscribed(s) Jon, I really liek you trying to help - but please is it worth defending the indefensible? For a memeber of the public would they ever guess that Contriubte means Help Availabel Here Don't defend community actions when they

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Paul A Norman
Thanks Jean, I really appreciate that you probably did not realise how frustrated quite a few Users are when being told you should be on a list that should actually have been all too obvious to you - but you could never find on the web page. A list that is supposed to guide you to help and you

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Roxy Robinson
As I said previously, if I am hollering I will have an entire sentence/thought/paragraph in all caps. And since not all email programs will accept text that is bold, underlined, colored, or italicized I will continue to use all caps for emphasis, especially since that only includes a word or 2.

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Paul A Norman
Yep I've had two confirmtatoin that I have left the list and still the emails come rolling Does this constitute nuisnace email now? Paul On 19 October 2010 17:06, Roxy Robinson rocma...@ranchwireless.com wrote: As I said previously, if I am hollering I will have an entire

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 17:09 +1300, Paul A Norman wrote: Yep I've had two confirmtatoin that I have left the list and still the emails come rolling Does this constitute nuisnace email now? It's probably a glitch in the email system. Unfortunately, it's the middle of the night for the people

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Jon Hamkins
On 10/18/2010 08:57 PM, Paul A Norman wrote: I really liek you trying to help - but please is it worth defending the indefensible? For a memeber of the public would they ever guess that Contriubte means Help Availabel Here I thought you were implying that you couldn't get to the mailing

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 17:02 +1300, Paul A Norman wrote: Thanks Jean, I really appreciate that you probably did not realise how frustrated quite a few Users are when being told you should be on a list that should actually have been all too obvious to you - but you could never find on the web

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Scott Furry
On 18/10/10 10:22 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 17:09 +1300, Paul A Norman wrote: Yep I've had two confirmtatoin that I have left the list and still the emails come rolling Does this constitute nuisnace email now? It's probably a glitch in the email system.

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Drew Jensen
On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 00:41 -0400, Drew Jensen wrote: hi Jean, Just being redundant here (multiple posts) - people can use the nabble web interface to the mailing lists if they prefer. sorry - missed an 'l' http://oucv.org/tdf.htm but I'll keep it there and make it nicer over time - so

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Paul A Norman
You're a good sort thanks Jean. On 19 October 2010 17:22, Jean Hollis Weber jeanwe...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 17:09 +1300, Paul A Norman wrote: Yep I've had two confirmtatoin that I have left the list and still the emails come rolling Does this constitute nuisnace email now?