Hi there!
The file is saved to a temp Directory by the browser, the browser starts
OOo and the browser removes the file. There is no way for OpenOffice.org
to know that the browser or email client is going to remove the file
afterwards nor that OOo has been started from a browser or email client.
The fact that the file is in some temp directory does not indicate that
it will be removed afterwards there may be other situations where files
are opened from a temp directory and not removed by some
application/browser/email-client or cron-job. OOo would not know that
somebody is going to remove something or not after OOo has done it´s
work so OOo could not "warn that they could lose the information"
because it´s not the instance that removes stuff.
Thus if there is some enhancement possibility here besides not showing
files that do no longer exist in the recently used list it is in the
browser or email client not inside OOo.
For the recently used list one would have to consider that especially if
files reside on slow Network Volumnes it does have a performance cost to
check wether all files still exists when opening the Recently Used list.
Kind regards,
Bernd
Paul wrote:
It is always good to hear stories, both good and bad...
1) I feel that items in the Recent Documents list should only be there /
selectable if they exist.
Both from OOo's perspective and PC's, the file is still there. It is
saved to a directory. It is up to the user to then determine when the
/tmp directory is cleaned.
In fact I've just tried to replicate your actions, and a .sxw file
opened from the web, doesn't appear in my 'recent documents'.
2) When a file is opened from the browser or even email client, and the user
chooses to close the window, they should be warned that they could lose the
information if they don't "save as" first
Another good suggestion, but again, since the browser/email client has
saved it to the file system (admitedly into a temp area) it could be
understood that it is unnecessary to reask the user.
If however you feel strongly about these issues, you can file an
enhancement request and then people can vote. If popular enough the
enhancements may make it into a later release of OOo.
/paul
On 11/22/05, Andi McLean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
I am the IT department for a small company, I wanted to share a story about
one of the directors and his use of Linux and Open Office.
I have designed and wrote the system for our business, using Linux. One of the
directories who was running Windows 98, was fed up with the constant barage
of pop-ups and virus alerts every time he went on the internet, so he asked
me to set him up with a linux installation. Which I have done. We use Open
Office as the de facto Office suite. For obvious reasons. :)
The directory in question has an account with AOL, (Yes i was fun setting up
Linux with it, but we got it working) He views his email on line, using a
browser (Firefox). I sent him a presentation I had been working on. When he
selected the presentaion Firefox asked what he wanted to do with it. Open
with OOo or Save, as he wanted to view it, he choose Open with OOo, When he
had finished with it, he closed down the programs and computers. A couple of
days later, he wanted to look at the presentaion again, as he had downloaded
the file, and viewed it in OOo, he choose OOo to view it again, He looked in
the Recent Documents and there it was, When he tried to open it, he got "File
Not Found", He tried multiple times and got very annoyed. I finally got him
to write down the error message, of course the file had been saved from the
Web Browser into /tmp (Which gets cleaned on a reboot).
I have since told him to save it first and then view it from his file manager.
So a couple of points.
1) I feel that items in the Recent Documents list should only be there /
selectable if they exist.
2) When a file is opened from the browser or even email client, and the user
chooses to close the window, they should be warned that they could lose the
information if they don't "save as" first.
I do know the programming praticabilites this involves, but I want to
concentrate on how the directory felt the program should work, not how a
programmer thought it should.
BTW I do not subscribe to this mail list, so please cc me on any posts
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