Hi all, perhaps we should do some user research on (some of) these topics instead of guessing around?
Cheers, Björn Am Freitag, 2. November 2012, 08:54:43 schrieb Cor Nouws: > Hi Kévin, > > Kévin PEIGNOT wrote (02-11-12 08:31) > > >>>> - E-mail client (why not just use the OS default?) > >>> > >>> There may be more choices for different use? > >> > >> Well, you can only choose a single client, so the OS default should do. > >> Are there any cases where the OS doesn't allow the user to set a default, > >> though? What does LibreOffice do then? > > > > I think LibO should display an error message explaining that the default > > e-mail client on the system is **** but can't be changed IF (only if) it > > detects others e-mail clients. Example : default mail-client is Outlook, > > but LibO detects Thunderbird is present. It asks the user if he wants to > > use the default one (Outlook) or one of the others ones. Of course, if the > > OS lets the user choose his default client, this option isn't useful. > > Then, I don't know any OSes that doesn't let the user choose that, and > > except if there is a really used one I think it would be a waste of time > > to > > develop that. > > Since the choice is only offered on Linux: maybe it is back from the > times that the desktop environments there were not so advanced? > On the other hand, from recent years I remember I did use that setting > myself to change the path to a new, updated version of Thunderbird. > Since I did not have to use it the last year or so, probably the > Thunderbird guys have better habits now ;-) > Still I'm not sure if that would be true for all Linux choices... > > Regards, -- Dipl.-Psych. Björn Balazs Business Management & Research T +49 30 6098548-21 | M +49 179 4541949 User Prompt GmbH | Psychologic IT Expertise Grünberger Str. 49, 10245 Berlin | www.user-prompt.com HRB 142277 | AG Berlin Charlottenburg | Geschäftsführer Björn Balazs -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
