Re: [discuss] Someone is acting as an OOo spokesperson

2006-07-16 Thread Alexandro
actually I know a couple of guys who did that when they did a migration. It went out pretty fast and when they find out that this wasn't true they already have learn enough OpenOffice.org to stick to it. Like I said in the past, most people dont care about the software they just need to work. On

Re: [discuss] Idea: Make Openoffice a Web application!

2006-07-16 Thread Alexandro
Well we open te code and we encourage people to download it, i think thats more than the average proprietary software cooperation. They are free to donload audit it and ask about it. Also remember that OOo is made in C++ which maybe might not be the ideal language used on all this web apps, we

[discuss] Delete dialog

2006-07-16 Thread Code Monkey
To Whom It May Concern: Your so-called feature, the delete dialog box, is a violation of the common functionality principle of application design. Even Microsoft follows this principle most of the time. It was one of the first things I learned when I began programming. When a user presses

Re: [discuss] Delete dialog

2006-07-16 Thread Henrik Sundberg
2006/7/16, Code Monkey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: To Whom It May Concern: Your so-called feature, the delete dialog box, is a violation of the common functionality principle of application design. Even Microsoft follows this principle most of the time. It was one of the first things I learned when

Re: [discuss] Using BitTorrent Download?

2006-07-16 Thread John W. Kennedy
Francisco Saldana wrote: Has the openoffice web team considered using bittorrent to deliver openoffice? It could help offset bandwith usage. Bittorrent delivery of OOo has been available for at least the last two releases. It's right there with the other downloads. -- John W. Kennedy The

Re: [discuss] Using BitTorrent Download?

2006-07-16 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:03:34 -0500, Francisco Saldana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has the openoffice web team considered using bittorrent to deliver openoffice? It could help offset bandwith usage. Right so why dont you download it from here: http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/ --

[discuss] Re: Delete dialog

2006-07-16 Thread Bob Long
[CC'd to user] Code Monkey wrote: Calc does not delete, but opens a delete dialog box requiring the user to check the little boxes and click again for the delete to execute. [...] It took me an hour online to find that you have, in your infinite wisdom, designated the backspace key as the

Re: [discuss] Delete dialog

2006-07-16 Thread jonathon
Code Monkey wrote: is a violation of the common functionality principle of application design. I guess you didn't realize that it is standard for a program to request specifically what is to be deleted, when there are two or more possible items to be deleted. Calc does not delete, but

Re: [discuss] Delete dialog

2006-07-16 Thread André Wyrwa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, is a violation of the common functionality principle of application design. I guess you didn't realize that it is standard for a program to request specifically what is to be deleted, when there are two or more possible items to be deleted.