On 12/27/10 1:00 PM, Andreas Säger wrote: > Am 27.12.2010 12:22, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > >>> I do understand that Java is a holy cow for Oracle employees but you >>> will not stop the discussion about it. >> ;-) i don't think so, but Java is besides Python the only reliable way >> to add new components as extensions. Well i talk not about macros etc. >> >> Juergen > > Juergen, > Of course, Java is *the* language for optional new components. > > I refered to the built-in set of features, some of which rely on Java > since the very first version (menu:File>Wizards>...), some of which are > not desirable in my honest opinion (embedded HSQLDB and misleading > database wizards). > > A user installs the software from its home page and gets error messages > about Java missing when calling some wizard. i agree that in this case the menu items should be disabled or simply not visible. But if invisible we would have the problem that some users would never find this features ... Seems to be an UX problem
> A user installs the software from its home page, together with a bundle > of Java by default, although he has Java installed already, possibly > even a more recent one which gets updated without OOo taking any advantage. > Without Java, menu:Tools>Macros>Run... raises an error suggesting that > you can not run any macros without JRE, which is untrue as far as Basic > and Python are concerned. > i agree again and that is a bug for me. Juergen > Andreas > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@api.openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@api.openoffice.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@api.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@api.openoffice.org
