Wow. Try not to be so rude. An office suite is quite a bit more complicated than a communication suite, so you can't expect perfection from a free product. The UI is acceptable at worst for everyone but you, and why does the icon on the start menu have to look like a folder? Besides, it looks great on other OSs; porting to Windows was a nice addition, not a goal in the first place.
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:40:36 +0100, Peter Reaper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Asrail said on 12.02.2005 18:36: > > 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*. > > -- > > Regards, > > Peter Reaper > > The browser you can trust: www.GetFirefox.com > Reclaim Your Inbox: www.GetThunderbird.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- -the infamous me --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
