This is by design!
The QS serves two purposes now (this is all explained in the issue I and Marko reference):
1) Load OOo faster. This works well in 1.1.x. I would imagine it will work well in 2.0, other posts I have read said not to judge 2.0 speed on the snapshots, so we shall see.
2) It forces the user to register/input personal data the first time they run OOo. This is what blows my mind. OOo automatically installs a component into the system tray that suck RAM and there is no way to say NO during install. This is SO CLEARLY in violation of the so called MS guidelines they are trying to follow.
Sorry to be a broken record and for posting all now, I was out of town, but this is just so obviously absurd to me that I don't know how else to express myself.
Peter
Rick Barnes wrote:
Jean,
The 1.9.79 Quickstarter does not work for me on either Windows 2000 or XP as it does with version 1.x. The real question should be, is this by design?
In my humble opinion, I think this makes it less useful, but it does start OOo faster since soffice.exe is already running which is probably the most important feature. I would prefer the older functionality myself.
On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 16:57 -0800, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Yes, the Quickstarter loads at system startup when I set that option. However, the problem still remains that clicking on the Quickstarter icon in my system tray has no effect. It does not pop up a list of the components so I can actually use it to start a component.
Does this actually work for anyone? If so, what version of Windows are you using? Linda Worthington says it doesn't work for her on WinXP or Win 2K. Anyone else?
Regards, Jean
Rick Barnes wrote:
To enable the version 1.9.79 Quickstarter under Windows :
Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Memory --->then check the "Load OpenOffice.org during system startup" option.
Jean Hollis Weber wrote, I've installed OOo 1.9.79bc. It, and the last several builds that I've looked at, does not install the Quickstarter by default. I can open the exe file and get the Quickstarter icon in my system tray, but clicking on it has no effect -- it does not pop up a list of the components like it used to.
-- Peter Kupfer OOo user since 'OO4 http://peschtra.tripod.com/open_office/ooo_front.htm
