On 13/08/07, jonathon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Freud Babes wrote: > > Könnte ich, bitte. downloaden und benützen mit Vista nur "Writer" in > Deutsch, > >( jedoch manchmal auch in Englisch und Spanisch) ? > > Windows Vista Ultimate Edition: Ja > Windows Vista Enterprise Edition: Ja > > Alle weiteren Versionen: Nein. > > ##### > > For whoever wanted to know why i described Vista crippled, this is a > shining example of why it is defective by design. > > xan > > jonathon
<snip> I'm not too sure of my ground here so perhaps someone could help me (and the OP) if I get things wrong ... First, a definition: I'm going to use the term User Interface Language (UIL) to mean the language in which menus, help text and so on are displayed. If this is not the correct definition, please someone let me know what is the correct meaning. Given that definition, it seems to me that the UIL for Windows (a) has very little to do with the UIL for OO, which is handled by OO's language packs and (b) has nothing at all to do with the language of one's documents. Also using that definition, it seems to me that most people are happy to work with a single UIL provided they can create documents in different languages with the implied correct spell and/or grammar checking functionality. In the context of OO, writing and checking documents in different languages is nothing at all to do with the UIL and is a question of downloading and installing the correct dictionaries and of possibly creating appropriate styles. I freely admit there will be many small groups of users e.g couples of different nationalities of a single computer where different users would prefer to work with different UILs and that not having that facility in the "home" versions of Vista is a shortcoming. But I still don't see how it impacts on OO. It also seems to me that telling the OP of this thread that he won't be able to use different languages for his documents on some versions of Windows is misleading to say the least. Or ???? Just out of curiosity, which versions of Linux can I install that support multiple UILs? -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
