Dan Lewis wrote:
On Saturday 10 September 2005 03:57 pm, Dennis Makowski wrote:
Thanks for your in put.
I downloaded version from your net. When installed it was version
1.9.XX. Do you always state a bata2 and print it as 1.9,
Not to good to pass improper information to the users you want to
support your product.
Maybe your right, I didn't look fully at your program, I was too mad
the way you messed up my compute files from Microsoft.
But that's ok, my fellow workers 70 of them have deleted the program.
Fix the takeover action, leave Microsoft files as Microsoft files and
put yours with you own file tag and icon.
You said version 2 is coming, why are you using false advertising on
your wed site?
Sorry.
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Would you please stop complaining instead of trying to learn a few
things? Your attitude leaves very much to be desired.
Do you understand what Beta software is? It is NOT the final
release of the stated version. In this case, version 2.0 is still in
the testing stage. There are still bugs in the code that the developers
will want to remove before releasing 2.0. When OOo version 2.0 is
released, it will be marked as such: 2.0.0. In the mean time, all of
the 1.9.x versions are leading up to what 2.0.0 will be. Perhaps if you
spent a little more time reading the information found on the web site
you would not be making false accusations either.
Furthermore, if you are in a work environment, you should not be
using 1.9.x version for everyday work. OOo 1.1.4 is the version people
should use for a work environment.
Apparently you do not understand how file associations work nor
have a good concept of the language that is associated with them. As a
part of the installation process you were asked if you wanted to open
specific types of MS Office formats ( *.doc, *.xls, and *.ppt) using
OOo. To open a file using a specified program means double clicking
this file will launch the specified program and this file will be
opened in the specified program. You checked one or more of the boxes
saying that you wanted OOo to do this. (Bad move.) So you see, OOo did
not take over these file associations on its own, you told it to do so.
For the record, this point is explained in the setup guides for
each versions 1.1.4 (page 27) and version 1.9.x (page 20). [These are
two different setup guides by the way.] If you had read the proper
setup guide before installing the program or perhaps even carefully
read each window of the installation process, you would have saved
yourself a lot trouble and aggravation.
Dan
I agree with all replies in this thread, however I will say that a
surprising number of folks have written in with this same complaint.
Might I suggest that some work go into improving the installation
routine to make it CRYSTAL clear what will happen when a user chooses
the different options. I think the way OO words the option during
installation doesn't adequately warn the user that icons and file
associations will be changed, nor about what that means when the user
double clicks a .doc file icon. Most people don't understand file
associations and file type mapping, and think OO has "taken over" their
M$ files. Also, some printable instructions for undoing the change for
those who unwittingly choose this option.
I might even be willing to help work on this if it were addressed.
Probably an item for Issuezilla, but I squeeze this stuff in when I can
and Issuezilla isn't quick and easy for me.
Carl Paulsen
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