I was interrupted by a phone call and failed to complete this earlier post.
First, "Beta release" = TEST release. How can you test what you don't
understand? (Hint: That's a rhetorical question.)
Second, you won't be allowed to install a beta (candidate) release until
you pass the quiz.
Third, anyone who thinks this suggestion is any more outrageous than any
of the others for correcting the problem of willful ignorance has a very
narrow view of the problem.
DT
Doug Thompson wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 13/09/2005 10:56:40:
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For what it's worth, I thought the explanation in the Beta2 installer
was quite clear -- and as far as I recall the default is that OOo does
*not* associate with Office documents.
I have observed that the installation default behavior has been modified
in some of the more recent beta candidates. Now if M$Office, or some
portion of it, is installed on the computer, the "Use as default"
checkboxes are left unchecked for the portions of M$O that are installed
and are automatically checked for the M$O apps that are not present. A
problem is that I haven't seen this behavior documented any more than
previous ones, and this has to be even more confusing to the masses.
Let's be perfectly clear that I have no empathy and even less patience
for the "Barbie-Doll-'Math-is-so-difficult'" crowd. But, there is
nothing that can be done to cure willful ignorance. Neither is there an
excuse, except masochism, for accepting that monkey as a payload.
For the beta releases, why not have a test, rather like having to click
the "I accept the license" button to determine if a user is capable of
understanding what they are doing? Nothing really difficult, just the
kinds of "topics" that have come up in this thread.
What is a file extension?
What is a file association?
What is a Readme file?
What is a Help file?
How do you access the Help file?
How do you find the online documentation at the OOo website?
Etc.
Then, randomize the sequence of answer choices on each invocation so
that something more than memorizing b,a,c,b has to be learned.
(snip)
Doug
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