Hi; On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 14:04 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> ... I think it is quite likely that there are people who would > >> believe that they cannot install another office suite on a computer > >> that already has one office suite installed ... > > > That's unfortunately probably very correct assessment. It's certainly > > one that MS executives have tried to cultivate in some of their > > marketing, though it would be easy enough to counter act by, among other > > things, adding a line or two to the FAQ. > > The FAQ may go one step further and explain how to make them coexist. > The main problem being of course how to link the various filetypes to > the relevant OOo application. > > I wouldn't be surprised if MS Office was nasty enough to re-register > itself every once in a while (e.g. upon update) to force it to be the > default app for the file types it can handle. So it'd be good to let > people know how to revert such things. > I think the reassurance that Marco Fioretti talks about is a different matter than the fuller FAQ explanation that Stefan mentions. Surely, there is a way on a download page to give this reassurance and perhaps refer to the FAQ.
That is why I think one-click first time downloads is not a good idea -- an explanatory-reassurance page should be shown before the actual download click. -- Regards Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
