On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 2:36 PM, shzh zhao <aoo.zhaos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The best way is giving a user an option when installing the software, > in this step,let user enable or disable it. > +1 for this idea if it can be done easily...I don't know what's involved so it may not be possible for the upcoming 3.4.1. > > 2012/7/20 Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> > > > Risto Jääskeläinen wrote: > > > >> Supposing that quickstarter is working without any faults there is still > >> a time stealing hiding in it. Those users who use OpenOffice only once > >> and while lost a bit their working time every day they start their > >> computer and not use use OpenOffice at that session. > >> > > > > Yes, but what we should focus on is how easy it is for affected users to > > change behavior. And here having Quickstarter enabled by default shows a > > clear benefit. > > > > Users who have Quickstarter enabled and wish to disable it must simply > > right-click on the icon and uncheck "Load during system start-up". Very > > clear and easy. This is probably what saved us from thousands of reports > of > > https://issues.apache.org/ooo/**show_bug.cgi?id=119102< > https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119102>: for once, users > were able to figure out how to workaround a bug > > themselves (of course, disabling Quickstarter was just a workaround, but > it > > worked). > > > > Users who have Quickstarter disabled and wish to enable it must: know or > > imagine that it exists, open the Options, find it in the jungle of > options > > (under "Memory", by the way)... > > > > Since it is much simpler to disable than enable, and since most clueless > > users will benefit from having it enabled by default, I'd definitely keep > > it enabled. Especially now that the related bug is fixed. > > > > Regards, > > Andrea. > > > > > > -- > * > > > mailto: *aoo.zhaos...@gmail.com <https://google.com/profiles> > <https://google.com/profiles> > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "I would rather have a donkey that takes me there than a horse that will not fare." -- Portuguese proverb
