Hi Johan, all, Am Mon, 28 May 2007 09:40:16 +0200 schrieb Johan Henselmans: > On 5/28/07, Manuel NAUDIN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi all macport team, >> as a basic user, I'd suggest to add a line in the installation description >> to make clear to the end user if he can safely install the aqua >> version side >> by side with a X11 version without corrupting pref files and setups of the >> X11 version (which is the case I think).
This could be line 21 in Johan's draw. > As it is my experience as a user that users do not read anything apart >> from the first 20 lines which are in sight in their reader, I would > suggest to order the document in such a way that: +1 My first impression when reading Michael's draft was. Nicely done but it's too much wording. The end-user needs it short and to the point. And in addition most of the press out there also won't read any longer than 20 lines. > -in 2 lines everybody knows this version will crash and take your > data with you > -in 8 lines everybody knows that printing does not work, starting from > a shared folder does not work, etc. Stick to the things that are > important to users > -make clear where to report problems > -then start with the remarks about being the first alpha not ready for > production use etc > -the full list of bugs > > My first 20 lines: > > OpenOffice.org for Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger with the AQUA interface > > WARNING: THIS SOFTWARE WILL CRASH AND WILL DESTROY YOUR DATA DO NOT > USE THIS SOFTWARE FOR REAL WORK > > This is a alpha test version so that developers and users can find out > what works and what not, and make comments on how to improve it. > > WHAT DOES NOT WORK IN THIS VERSION: > -You can not print > -Starting OpenOffice from a shared folder does not work > -You can not copy and paste parts of a document > -OpenOffice will crash after quitting it That's exactly what I had in mind. Thanks. > I would also recommend that this version would be in a package > installer version, just for the sake that you can stick this message > in the installer. Hmm. I fear that even if we put it in an installer people will overread it. But at least we tried. Kind regards, Eric Hoch -- ## de.OpenOffice.org - Office für MacOS X, Linux, Solaris & Windows ## Openoffice.org - ich steck mit drin! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
