Peter Lairo wrote:
On Sun. 28.11.2010 19:09, Sebastian G. <bastik> wrote:
I'd like to know which components are most used and maybe why others are
not. If you used OpenOffice before you can include your usage data as
well.
Do you use the quick starter?
No!
I always turn the damn thing off, and it annoys me that the "quick
starter" (aka needlessly-slow-down-my-PC-startup-time) is still ON by
default. No application should be so arrogant as to start-up with the
OS per default. You don't know what apps the users *typically* uses (I
browse and play RAM-hungry games). I can't (well, it's OSS, so I can)
believe this dreaded default hasn't been turned off by now.
Mozilla/Firefox also experimented with a quick starter for a while,
and fortunately abolished the horrid idea.
It seems OO (and LO even more so) still hasn't understood the REAL
reason why people overwhelmingly choose non-OSS software (Firefox
being the *exception*): Usability, and a rational understanding what a
regular user *really* is (clue: it's not you).
Many if not most proprietary applications have TSR modules like OOo
quickstart, only they hide the fact from the user and give you no option
not to have them load at every boot. Plus there were many modules of
Windows XP that ran in the background all the time whether you ever used
them or not. I have not looked that deep into Win 7 yet, so I am not
sure if it has some of these. Actually this is what I HATE about most
anti-virus software, it runs constantly in the background and bogs down
your computer. Actually AV programs should only run when you do
something that could actually introduce a virus, like downloading your
email, the rest of they time they should just wait and not actually run.
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