On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 15:14 -0500, Chad Smith wrote:
[snip]
> Here's what we've got.
> 
> It says "X-Server with 800 x 600 or higher resolution with 16.7 Million
> colour"
> 
> Please replace this line with "X11 required.  Available for OS X 10.3 on
> Apple.com <http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/x11formacosx.html>and
> for OS X
> 10.4 on the OS X install disc.  Here are instructions for Tiger
> users.<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301229>
> "
> 
> In case you can't see the links, they are
> 
> for OS X 10.3 on Apple.com -
> http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/x11formacosx.html
> 
> Instructions for Tiger users -
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301229
> 
> And then add this line:
> 
> "800 x 600 or higher resolution with at least 256 colors"

Done

> Also, could you make it where each of the system requirements has "colors"
> spelled the same way - either colours or colors, I prefer colors, since the
> rest of the site is in International English - but as long as the page is
> consistent.  And at the very least make sure they all are plural.
> 
> I don't know if there is some reason why the Mac version would need
> 16.7million colors, when every other version only needs 256, so I
> would make it
> 256.  I don't know of any Mac that can run OS X that wouldn't have millions
> of colors, but that's no reason to make it look like you have work harder
> for OOo on Mac than on other systems (which, of course, you do, since they
> require X11, when Carbon and Java are included, and - as NeoOffice proves -
> can serve the same purpose better than X11...  but that's another story).

I don't know if there's a reason why this was specified, and as I didn't
author the page I'm a wee bit reluctant to change it. I assume the
technical author who put it together knew what they were doing.

John


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