Hi!
10-Мар-2005 22:22 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mathias Bauer) wrote to
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>> again: this relates only to _foreign_ formats; if you work with native
>> format (.doc), MSW opens it silently, as expected. Don't know about Average
>> Joe or My Mom, but I myself happy, if application asks me how to open
>> foreign file (and preselects suggested format for selecting by Enter).
MB> If you know how you want to open the file you should tell it to OOo
MB> beforehand, f.e. by selecting the suitable filter in the file dialog.
Confirming (or fixing) selection is easier/more convenient, than manual
format preselection. Isn't program should be for user, not user for program?
MB> You should recognize that your request is a special one generated by a
MB> very particular case that you might have at times. It surely does not
MB> juistify to show a filter query dialog each time you open a document, it
Not "each time"! Only for foreign formats (where "autodection" may
broke user wishes)! See the difference.
MB> is absolutely acceptable to force the use additional means (here: the
MB> filter selection listbox).
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