[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chad Smith wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why add more to it? Because the "few people" who think it is too big
have options. AbiWord is the first one that comes to mind, but there
are plenty others out there. KOffice, if you use Linux. IWork or
AppleWorks if you use Mac. There's always MS Works for Windows - or
just MS Word....
Wait a minute, did I miss something? Chad, aren't you the one who
always complains that OOo is too bloated with too many options and
this and that, and you want to add more to it?
Having too many choices for each little nit-picky thing is different
than having more functionality. I don't consider having to click
through 47 different screens just to find the word count added
functionality - but I do consider having a bitmap editor added
functionality. These are two different subjects.
I was complaining about a messed confusing interface then. Now I'm
talking about adding programs all with a similiar looking and feeling
interface as each other. If you look back through this thread, though,
at one point I said Mozilla, being the more popular and successfully
cross-platform of the projects, should head it up. Therefore, the
consistant interface would *not* be based on OOo's maze of dialog boxes
and similar sounding choices (Is Word Count under Properties,
Preferences, or Options....?) But on Firefox's beautiful, simple,
themeable interface...
I skimmed a lot of this thread, so maybe I miss the point, I apologize
now if I did, but doesn't this contradict your earlier comments. \
No, it doesn't. You were mistaken.
Now, I agree that the *download* is too big. I agree that you
*should* be able to download *just* Writer if you wanted to. But
saying that we should never add anything is wrong.
What about if you download an installer and the pick what you want to
install and then it installs, similar to cygwin or some other products.
Yes - that would be good. I like Daniel's idea of a library type set
up. But, I hasten to add, that I understand that would require a
complete rewrite of OOo, and will never happen.
-Chad Smith
