On Sat, 2012-06-02 at 09:30 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: > On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > On Jun 1, 2012, at 7:18 PM, Jihui Choi wrote: > > > >> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > >>> When you install it you agreed to open doc files in OpenOffice > >>> > >> Basically installing AOO doesn't mean we agreed to open MS office > >> formats in AOO. > >> And it's supposed there's an option page to choose whether we'll open > >> them in AOO or not. > >> But I couldn't find any similar option. I installed AOO 3.4 twice to > >> check this on Windows 7 32bit. > >> It's very strange and shame. It should be checked and fixed. > > > > I am unsure from your statement Choi (is it proper to use the second name > > in conversation?) whether you were confirming the user's report. > > > > If what the reporter says is true then this needs to be a bugzilla and > > possible blocker for 3.4.1. How is this being tested on Windows? And is the > > result that installing AOO 3.4 on it does in fact cause (or even has as a > > default) the shifting of MS Office document types to be opened with AOO > > instead of MS Office. If MS Office is present then this must not be the the > > default option. > > > > The check must not be implicit to the user who just clicks continue and > > accept buttons through the WIndows installation process. Users must > > explicitly choose to have AOO override MS Office for MS Office documents. > > > > Making the opposite default could be wrong as well. For example, the > user could have had one of those 30-day trial versions of MS Office > that are commonly bundled with new PC's. The trial expires and they > install AOO. If we don't default to taking the file extensions, then > the user is left in a tough position. > > Ideally we'd have a dialog the user could reach both in the install > and in the product where they could see what app currently owns each > file extension and then switch the owner. So they could assign an > extension to AOO, but also change their mind and set it back to MS > Office if they wanted.
Well, I admit that I didn't do it this last time - but there has been an option for this, for a long time. The person running the installer has to choose custom install to see it is all - or did this change along the way. Making an intelligent choice for default behavior is important and needs to be, the desire being to server most users best by limiting the amount of interaction required to perform the installation. It is my feeling, given the small of number of (small but also of a frequency over time) individuals commenting in the negative on this choice, that for the majority it is the correct choice. It also seems to me that in most of the cases where a person did contact one of our support channels regarding the changes that a fairly quick response about file associations did the trick. I'm sure however that a better way of informing the user of the option could be found, as most things can be improved. Though it seems to me that in the particular this has not a big issue for most Windows users. //drew > > > Regards, > > Dave > > > >> > >> -- > >> Regards, > >> JiHui Choi > > >
