Allen Pulsifer schrieb: >> OTOH if we didn't use this "all documents" filter by default >> the question remains if it makes sense at all. > > Yes, I agree with you. If "All documents" is not the default then there > might not be much benefit. A better approach might be to give the user an > error or warning message when attempting to open a file of unknown type. > For example, when you try to open a pdf, OOo displays a text filter > configuration dialog box. A better approach might be to first tell the > user: "OOo does not recognize the format of this document. Would you like > to try opening it as a text document?"
Yes, that sounds good. I would change it a little bit and offer showing the filter dialog (that also needs a redesign BTW). Only offering to open as text is not enough. Especially text files are detected quite reliably. But as in most cases where OOo fails to detect the file it *is* an unknown type showing the filter dialog immediately isn't a good idea. So a message box asking how to proceed as you suggested will help. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
