I personally disagree with Randomthots. One of the features of this
program, and what many of the questioners on this forum need is simple
interoperability with MS Office.
On the other hand, it is pretty fair say that there is a potential for
a UI improvement here. Despite the best efforts on page 27 (a hint -
extensive reading is needed), many people (not most) get confused. The
action and the information aren't in the same place or easily
available at the same time.
I see two "opportunities" for improvement.
A "help" sidebar on the box that asks if MS office file type
associations should be set for OpenOffice, explaining what it means,
and how to reverse it later if desired (or where to find this
information later).
A similar option box on installation that offers to set the
save-as file-types to MS defaults, again with a help side-bar
providing the advantages (limited ability to directly pass files with
MS users) and the disadvantages (formating limititations and
good-but-imperfect MS compatibility)
Just a thought.
On 9/12/05, Randomthots <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dan Lewis wrote:
>
>
> >
> > Part of the problem may be that most people do not read the setup
> > guide first. As I pointed out above, page 27 in the 1.1.4 setup guide
> > discusses this issue as well as tells how to solve the problem. Is
> > there something that you would like to change on that page?
> >
> > Dan
>
> Actually, THE problem is that OOo shouldn't be re-associating MS file
> types in the first place. I can see some justification for making the
> association IF the computer doesn't have MSO already installed, but
> otherwise just leave it alone.
>
> The only other time I see this behavior is when installing either a
> graphics package or a media player. In those cases they will want to
> re-associate common file types like jpg, gif, mp3, etc., but they don't
> try to touch other proprietary formats.
>
> Rod
>
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