Jean asks:
I'd like to know what to write in the "Starting OOo" chapter of the
Getting
Started guide. What the heck is the Quickstarter *for*? Why bother with
it?
About the only thing I wanted to read before trying OO.o follows:
The quick starter loads library (.dll) files required by OO.o components in advance, shortening the startup for OO.o components by about half.
The times change from slightly more than 1 minute without quickstart to about 30 seconds with for 1.9.69 on my Athlon 750 Mhz 200 MHz frontside bus 130 MHz 7200 RPM disks using XP.)
You might want to give different numbers, as any $500 machine bought today is likely to be a lot faster.
As you and others point out, on earlier versions right clicking produced a menu of links for starting the several OO.o components.
I liked this feature. As you read, this follows Microsoft application guidelines closely, I think too closely.
As I have been quite vocal about in the issue and in the discuss list, the new procedure violates the MS guildines and much as it follows it. In paraphrase, the MS guidelines say that you should not *automatically* put an icon in the system tray just so that it can function as another menu shortcut.
So, we are allowed to put shortcuts in the tray so long as it is not automatice, like 1.1.x.
However, no in 2.0, the QS is *automatically* loaded after installation, which is a CLEAR violation of these guidelines. Boggles my mind!
-- Peter Kupfer OOo user since 'OO4 http://peschtra.tripod.com/open_office/ooo_front.htm
