CVAlkan wrote: > Hi Tom: > > Just my two cents. I've tried using AskLO several times and have never > figured out how to set up an account, so I hope you don't drop this in favor > of AskLO. > > Maybe I'm just dense (and I've only been using computers and bulletin boards > and mailing lists and their descendants since the mid-80s), but all I see > are ways to sign in using Google or Facebook and so forth, and I don't have > any of those accounts, and don't want them, since I get enough spam already > and don't have much interest in cat videos or what my neighbors had for > dinner. > > Sorry - I'll go away now. > > Frank
Hi Frank, For some unexplained reason The Document Foundation board chose to use a modified edition of the Askbot software [1] which, unlike Askbot's own forum [2], does not allow you to set up a local log-in account. If you dare suggest that you do not want to have a third party social media account, you run the risk of at least one TDF board member calling you a "paranoid" freak [3]. I was working with a small (only 40-50 seat) client company on a proposal for migrating to LibreOffice. Mistakenly, in the process of showing them the software's features, I demonstrated the new "Help -> Send Feedback" "Ask a question" option, which ultimately leads to the AskLibO site. The client asked me why they or their staff would be required to have a third party social media account to use that service. Unlike some TDF board members, I do not make it a practice to tell my clients that they need to get a life and get over their stupid "paranoia". Dave [1] https://askbot.com/ [2] http://askbot.org/en/account/signin/?next=/en/ [3] http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/AskLibO-Access-td4091511.html -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
