Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-04-04 Thread Peter Kupfer
Craig Gauss wrote: We just attempted an install on our Tarantella Secure Global Desktop Servers with MS Office 2000 and Open Office 2.0 Beta. With 1.1.4 you could associate either program with xls, doc, etc With 2.0 it takes MS Office completely out of the picture. ---

[discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-04-04 Thread Craig Gauss
We just attempted an install on our Tarantella Secure Global Desktop Servers with MS Office 2000 and Open Office 2.0 Beta. With 1.1.4 you could associate either program with xls, doc, etc With 2.0 it takes MS Office completely out of the picture. -

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-04-04 Thread Mathias Bauer
Robert Derman wrote: > Robert Derman replies: My OS is Windows XP Home, fully updated with SP > 2 and some post SP 2 updates. I have and use OOo 1.1.4 and I downloaded > and installed the official beta. on 3-31 I downloaded and installed > 1.9.87. All three of these versions of OOo are curr

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-04-02 Thread Tony Pursell
On 2 Apr 2005 at 11:39, Robert Derman wrote: > Tony Pursell wrote: > > >On 1 Apr 2005 at 11:44, Robert Derman wrote: > > > > > > > >>Robert Derman replies: I just downloaded and installed the latest > >>version of OOo 2.0, (1.9.87) and the check boxes came already > >>checked by default, so ei

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-04-02 Thread Robert Derman
Tony Pursell wrote: On 1 Apr 2005 at 11:44, Robert Derman wrote: Robert Derman replies: I just downloaded and installed the latest version of OOo 2.0, (1.9.87) and the check boxes came already checked by default, so either an error has crept in, or this needs to be addressed before the final re

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-04-01 Thread Tony Pursell
On 1 Apr 2005 at 11:44, Robert Derman wrote: > Robert Derman replies: I just downloaded and installed the latest > version of OOo 2.0, (1.9.87) and the check boxes came already checked > by default, so either an error has crept in, or this needs to be > addressed before the final release of 2.0.

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-04-01 Thread Robert Derman
Rod Engelsman wrote: Ric Hayman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Carrera wrote: | Rod Engelsman wrote: | | |>This has been an issue for a *l* time, Daniel. | | | My understanding is that the UI has already changed, and now, weeks before the | final release, th

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-04-01 Thread Tony Pursell
On 1 Apr 2005 at 16:51, Ric Hayman wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Daniel Carrera wrote: > | Rod Engelsman wrote: > | > | > |>This has been an issue for a *l* time, Daniel. > | > | > | My understanding is that the UI has already changed, and now, weeks > be

[discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-04-01 Thread Rod Engelsman
Ric Hayman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Carrera wrote: | Rod Engelsman wrote: | | |>This has been an issue for a *l* time, Daniel. | | | My understanding is that the UI has already changed, and now, weeks before the | final release, there is a suggestion f

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-31 Thread Ric Hayman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Carrera wrote: | Rod Engelsman wrote: | | |>This has been an issue for a *l* time, Daniel. | | | My understanding is that the UI has already changed, and now, weeks before the | final release, there is a suggestion for another change.

[discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-31 Thread Gregory J. Neumann
Well, the numbers are wrong. It's what I get while actually working (trying to?) while doing email. I have the issue w/ m87, m84 works fine, and as m88 is only for internal testing, I can't test it with that. -gjn From: Gregory J. Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-31 Thread James Walker
Ian Lynch wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 22:35, Rod Engelsman wrote: Daniel Carrera wrote: Tony Pursell wrote: I thought more was going to be done to avoid it and I am amazed that we still have a setup dialog that virtually invites people to do what they don't really want to do

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Daniel Carrera
Tony Pursell wrote: > I've tested this out on my wife. She's been a computer user for many > years and has also done some IT support work in the past. But she > doesn't have the mistrust of computer systems that 30+ years of > software development (plus a degree in Psychology) has given me.

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Tony Pursell
I've tested this out on my wife. She's been a computer user for many years and has also done some IT support work in the past. But she doesn't have the mistrust of computer systems that 30+ years of software development (plus a degree in Psychology) has given me. So when the dialog cam up,

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Daniel Carrera
Rod Engelsman wrote: > That is *really* disingenuous, Daniel. This problem has been discussed > for *over three years*. UI freeze, my ass! That was before the UI freeze > for 1.1 for God's sake!! 1) Rod, please calm down. 2) Please read what I've said again. People complained about the dialog.

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Ian Lynch
On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 22:35, Rod Engelsman wrote: > Daniel Carrera wrote: > > Tony Pursell wrote: > > > > > >>I thought more was going to be done to avoid it and I am amazed that > >>we still have a setup dialog that virtually invites people to do what they > >>don't really want to do > > > >

[discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Rod Engelsman
Daniel Carrera wrote: Tony Pursell wrote: I thought more was going to be done to avoid it and I am amazed that we still have a setup dialog that virtually invites people to do what they don't really want to do But why didn't you say this before the UI freeze? I saw the OOo snapshot before the U

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Daniel Carrera
Enrique wrote: > Do you see as feasible at this stage to add something like this to that > wording: > > "If you check these boxes OpenOffice 2.0 will replace Microsoft > applications when opening those files. You will not be able to launch > Microsoft applications by doubleclicking in that fil

[discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Enrique
Daniel Carrera wrote: Now, if you can bring down this UI change to just changing a string, that has a better chance of success. If you can do that, please file an issue. OK, Daniel, I was trying to save people like you, regular posters in these newsgroups, quite a lot or work if OOo 2.0 is reall

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Daniel Carrera
Rod Engelsman wrote: > >Uhhmm... yes it does. It looks very clear to me. It says that OOo will > >automatically open those file types. > > It's not. At least not to new users. What's not clear from the wording > is whether or not you will be able to open MSO files *at all* if you do > not chec

[discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Rod Engelsman
Daniel Carrera wrote: Uhhmm... yes it does. It looks very clear to me. It says that OOo will automatically open those file types. It's not. At least not to new users. What's not clear from the wording is whether or not you will be able to open MSO files *at all* if you do not check the boxes.

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Daniel Carrera
Enrique wrote: > I posted here, not in IZ, to avoid developer "distraction". You said you were proposing something. I responded to the proposal. Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, Join OOoAuthors today! | I want it Tuesday. http://oooauthors.org | ---

Re: [discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Daniel Carrera
Rod Engelsman wrote: > This has been an issue for a *l* time, Daniel. My understanding is that the UI has already changed, and now, weeks before the final release, there is a suggestion for another change. Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, Join OOoAuthor

[discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Rod Engelsman
Daniel Carrera wrote: Enrique wrote: Before releasing OOo 2.0 I would propose something radical: Just before a release is not the time to propose something radical. This has been an issue for a *l* time, Daniel. Even if you convince everyone, inc the developers, that droping this dia

[discuss] Re: No more file association to MSO when installing

2005-03-30 Thread Enrique
OK, Daniel. I posted here, not in IZ, to avoid developer "distraction". Cheers - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]