Is OpenOffice.org 3.2 compatible with windows 7? On 9 March 2010 18:59, Mike Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
> Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > >> .... >> Or maybe we should just replace all the OpenOffice.org lists by an >> OpenOffice.org forum instead. That would solve several problems, one >> of them would be that some users don't like to receive hundreds of >> messages every day and another one that it seems to be too hard for >> some people to unsubscribe. Maybe new problems would occur too, on the >> other side. >> > > I very much dislike web forums (or is that fora? :-) > > A certain UK ISP is about to move all its support from private usenet > groups to a web-base forum. It's raised a lot of squeals from those who > frequent the groups, with complaints ranging from security to ease of use by > the visually handicapped. > > I certainly have never found /any/ web-based scheme to be as easy to use as > usenet. email lists rank about the same in ease of use as usenet imo > (unsurprisingly, probably). > > I wonder though - given that gmane already gateways these lists onto > usenet, might it be worth considering abstracting, in the best structured > computing tradition, the various functions associated with the list. So some > sort of central messaging repository would be accessed by any of web, usenet > or email list interfaces. Then casual users would probably use the web > interface (looking only for a quick solution to their problem), while the > more experienced would use usenet or a subscription-only email list. Best of > all worlds???? Does anything like this exist anywhere? > > > -- > Mike Scott mike <at> <removeme>.scottsonline.org.uk > Harlow Essex England > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Marius Popa
