On 2009/04/19 9:25 PM Brian Barker wrote:
At 15:39 19/04/2009 -0500, Barbara Duprey wrote:
On the home page of www.openoffice.org, click on "I want to download
OpenOffice.org" and then (assuming you are using some form of
Windows) on the "Download now!" link. (For other systems, and
additional information, there is another link below that. You then
would need to find the appropriate Download link in the table it
provides.)
You seem to think that the web site always offers the Windows version
by default. Are you sure? For what it's worth, I assumed that it
auto-detects the user's operating system (from information provided by
the browser) and offers the *appropriate* version. But I haven't
tested this.
When you click on "I want to download OpenOffice.org" on the home page
of www.openoffice.org it auto-detects the operating system you are
using. I get the following:
Download now!
Start downloading OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 for Mac OSX Intel in US English
If this is true, there is a potential snag: a user who downloads the
product, say, at work or at a friend's or in a library or internet
cafe but for use at home is in danger of obtaining an inappropriate
version without any explanation.
Only for people who don't or can't read. Right below the above message is:
Get more _platforms and languages_, _order CD-ROM_, or _P2P downloads
_
If the user wants a different platform than is auto-detected, they just
have to click on _'platforms and languages_'.
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Larry I. Gusaas
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada
Website: http://larry-gusaas.com
"An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." -
Edgard Varese
