On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 12:02 +0200, Stefan Taxhet wrote: > Hi, > > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 17:47 +0200, Christian Lohmaier wrote: > > > >>On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 10:59:45AM -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >> > >>>I have been using Pavel's 680 builds (m185 currently) and find the icon > >>>on the menu bar irritating. Why? Because it cannot be removed and > >>>because the update feature is easily available from the Help menu. So > >>>can we lose the icon or place it on a toolbar that is configurable. > >>> > >>>Pavel recommended asking here about changing this. > >> > >>That icon is not meant to trigger the check for an update, but to signal > >>that there is an update available. > > > > Thanks. I didn't realize that the icon was part and parcel with, what I > > call ET call home. > We call it Online Update Notification. > > > Oh well, since the decision is made that users will > > have no configuration control seems to be in stone, I can only hope that > > the feature will be accepted. I suspect though that many users will not > > like having this decision taken from them. > > Please note that the user always had and will have the option to > configure the feature in the dialog Tools / Options / OpenOffice.org / > Online Update. > > For details about the recently agreed upon solution see > http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=releases&msgNo=10081 > > Greetings > Stefan >
In spite of your assurances, the current crop from Pavel's respository, have the icon on a NON configurable bar. I could not find a way to disable it either. For the moment I have chosen to live with it but fear there will be a backlash I have yet to try any Sun builds so have no idea what these offer. -- G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenOffice.org
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