It seems we've had a number of requests for CDs lately due primarily to
slow/metered internet connections from users.
TJ's post below is good.
Until we determine a way to supply CDs, I'm wondering if we should
provide either a local page or a link to information about some decent
download managers under "Additional Resources" on
http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html
Thoughts? Good resources for something like this?
I know some browsers provide this type of service as an add-on etc. also.
Maybe add after the 3.4.1 re-spin in a week or so.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Open Office CD
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:27:32 -0500
From: tj <t...@apache.org>
Reply-To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
CC: jfdi...@wmconnect.com
On 1/21/2013 14:27, jfdi...@wmconnect.com wrote:
Hello I live in a area where the only internet I can get is dial up and
everytime I try to download Open Office i get kicked offline and have to start
all over again so I was wondering if you have Open Office in CD form. Thank
you for your time.
Joe Dills</HTML>
Let me heartily recommend what worked for me, when I used to have this
problem: Firefox browser, plus the DownThemAll (DTA!) add-on, both free.
When my download was interrupted (always at least once), DTA popped up a
notification. One click on the stream name activates the DTA controls. A
second click on "Resume", and away it goes, picking up right where it
left off. On a bad day, this might happen several times, but it worked
so well that I don't recall ever having to repeat a download.
(With a 10 Mb broadband, the time went from 8 hours to 4 /minutes/.
Dial-up is a PITA.)
HTH,
/tj/
