Peter Reaper, 12/2/2005 11:23:
Every new version or snapshot of OOo creates a brand new profile. Why? I have to redo all my settings and preferences every time.
I realize the snapshots are for testing, but still... :-(
Also, why does every version or snapshot of OOo create a separate installation directory (\OpenOffice.org 1.9.77\)?
At this stage (near 2.0), it seems OOo should be able to *update* the installation and profile data.
No. It isn't beta yet. This "update" won't exist in a real instalation, i.e., the purpose is to verify if it creates a new profile without any kind of problem.
So at almost 2.0 OOo still isn't confident it can create a new profile reliably? Mozilla has been doing this since *way+ before even 1.0. This just confirms my impression that OOo has still not leaned the lessons mozilla has been demonstrating to the open source community, namely usability and simplicity for the *user*.
Update is a thing diferent, so may occur some bugs just because of it. Also it still chaanging a lot of things.
The installation folder should contain no settings files, so a simple deletion of all files in \OOo\ just before installation should suffice.
As far as the profile is concerned, there should be relatively few changes at this stage, and when they do occur, the programmer should be required to include a migration module. I have never even heard of this being a problem in 3+ years of mozilla development. :-\
PS. I won't even get into the mess that is the UI of OOo.
PPS. Giving the Start menu folder an icon image under windows xp was an awesome idea. Now if only the icon *looked* more like a *folder*.
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Regards,
Peter Reaper
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