On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 15:17 +1000, Peter Hyde wrote: > >> Then why is this not being done as a default setting, > > > > Because I don't want it, and you haven't done it. > > I guess sadly that is the reason why so many, lets say average computer > users stick to the more expensive programs, they have problems doing what a > few find easy and so give up entirely.
I reject that outright. How many people can't open an application? So what's the f*****g problem? If you want to start talking about *other* usability issues with OOo, then that may or may not be another story. But I put it to you that it takes *precisely* the same amount of effort and skill to open an email program, whether the launcher is in a toolbar in OpenOffice, or on the desktop, or in a launcher bar somewhere else. The *real* reason that people don't adopt open-source software is that people are afraid of change, and they use the smallest, stupidest excuses to support their insistence on clinging to what they've got. Take the current example. > > Let me give an example. I just sent an email to a friend with an > > attachment that I produced in OpenOffice. I exported it to PDF, then > > switched to Evolution, and attached the PDF I just created. > > This my friend is why so many unskilled users give up on OpenOffice. You > find it easy they don't. I reject that also. It's not unskilled users who give up. It's lazy, unintelligent users who give up. People who actually take an interest in what they're doing have no problem with the above process. As for the rest, I have no time for them, for the simple reason that they have no time for themselves either. -- Daniel Kasak IT Developer NUS Consulting Group Level 5, 77 Pacific Highway North Sydney, NSW, Australia 2060 T: (+61) 2 9922-7676 / F: (+61) 2 9922 7989 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://www.nusconsulting.com.au --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
