Yes, Terry, I agree that ordinary people get lost when using the official OpenOffice website. I have gone to the official website and gave up in frustration when I could not find, or could not understand what I found. At the same time I realize that the website does a fantastic job and probably accounts for a lot of the tremendous success that OpenOffice has enjoyed.
I start with the question - How can I improve my website to further build up OpenOffice? One answer might be to improve the cooperation between my website and the official website. Anyone, please send your comments and suggests as to how the two website might cooperate to continue building OpenOffice. (Building OpenOffice is probably a non-ending process.) Walter Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Walter Hildebrandt wrote: > > . One advantage I have is that I know very, very little about computers and > software therefore I have a point of view that matches most of the Users that > come to my website. You probably have the advantage of having the same > point of view as the Users of our website. **** > > What it does take is to have someone suggest acceptable changes to the site. > > **** I do not know what to suggest as acceptable changes to your website. > In the past I offered to donate my website to your community and was told my > site would be merged with the FAQs. That would have destroyed something that > was making a positive contribution to OpenOffice. **** > > If your site is/has information that is desirable, then it should be included > in the links from the OpenOffice.org site. > > **** The last time I looked, your website did have a link to my website. I > have no information to know if that link has brought anyone to my website. > My gut feeling is that from what Users have said in feedback, your link has > gotten few if any Users to my website. I have daily referred one or two > people to your website but their name almost never comes up in your User > Group. I got some feedback from your community in the past that they were > very concerned about splitting the community into different groups. Linux is > a good example of the "different flavors" causing a problem by diving the > efforts of good motivated people into "competing" groups. I acknowledge > your concern. How do you and I cooperate so that we supplement each other > and not that we compete? **** > > Again, I agree that the OpenOffice.org site is setup more for developers and > needs a major rewrite to be more user friendly for new users. > > **** There are a lot of advanced Users using my website. There is a big > difference in your and my approach. We can supplement each other for both > new and experienced Users. > > Walter **** Greetings, Walter. My earnest suggestion is that you keep your website out of the clutches of the OpenOffice organisation. You may as well shut it down as bury it in that swamp. I've just started looking at your site. It is very clear, concise and welcoming. If OpenOffice.org had one decent website instead of the web of unlinked sites it now has, this mailing list would not be kept busy answering elementary questions from ordinary people trying to download, install and / or operate the software and getting lost. -- Xfce on PCLinuxOS, OOo 2.0.2 (en_GB). Direct mail to teaman is not opened; if necessary, email realmail. If you're seeking, check out http://www.rci.org.au --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited.
