Randomthots wrote:
But doesn't that kind of prove the point? I mean he saw "OpenOffice.org
2.0 will automatically open the following file types.", but he
(mis)-understood it to mean "Check off which of the following you want
OOo to open."
The first time I saw it I thought it meant "Do you want OpenOffice.org
to *be able to* open the following file types?" That was wrong,
obviously now, but that's what I thought then.
Frankly, I think that the threads on this subject inevitably focus on
the wrong question. Namely, "How could this be re-worded to improve the
situation?" That and people like Mr. Thompson who seem to think that
anyone who mis-interprets the dialog is either oblivious of ignorant.
I agree.
The real question we should be focusing on is "What is the benefit to
this step in the installation?", "Does it do more harm than good?", and
"Should we maybe rethink how this is handled?"
I *hate* that dialog. Not just in OOo but in any program that offers up
that sort of "helpfulness". Because if I'm trying out a program for the
first time the true answer is "Uhh... I don't know. Maybe. Maybe not.
I'll let you know in a couple weeks or a month. Let me try it out first."
Tell me, wouldn't you all rather answer a question that goes like, "I've
been using OpenOffice for a month now, and I think it's great!! BTW, how
can I make it so that it just automatically opens my MSO files when I
double click on them?", as opposed to "YOUR [EMAIL PROTECTED]&* PROGRAM ATE MY
FILES!!! I WANT THEM BACK. NOW!!!!!!"?
Good point. Somehow we need to get people to understand that OOo can
open MSO files even if it is not the default application for those file
types.
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