On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 15:40 -0400, Matt Needles wrote: > On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 12:03 -0400, Pete Holsberg wrote: > > John W. Kennedy typed the following on 7/2/2006 11:22 AM: > > > Pete Holsberg wrote: > > >> G. Roderick Singleton typed the following on 7/2/2006 7:49 AM: > > >>> On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 05:35 -0400, Lars D. Noodén wrote: > > >>>> I looked at the install instructions and the OOo FAQ and see no > > >>>> explicit description of when one should install the binary including > > >>>> JRE and when one should install the binary without JRE. > > >>>> > > >>>> When should one choose the one over the other? In a nutshell, what's > > >>>> the difference? (and can we get it put in the FAQ?) > > >>>> > > >>> See http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/index.html . In > > >>> particular > > >>> http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/installation/021.html > > >> "For example, with 1.1 you will not be able to use the XSLT > > >> functionality, JDBC, applets, form generators, and Java Application > > >> Programming Interfaces (APIs) for 3rd party modules, if no Java is > > >> installed." > > >> > > >> For example? Not exactly definitive! > > >> > > >> What is XSLT functionality? > > >> JBDC? > > >> Which applets? > > >> > > >>> http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/installation/022.html > > >> "You can download Java from http://www.java.com or http://java.sun.com."; > > >> > > >>> http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/installation/023.html > > >> "Which version of Java do I need?" > > >> > > >>> http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/installation/024.html > > >> Not at all applicable. > > >> > > >>> http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/installation/025.html > > >> "Can I install Java after I install OpenOffice.org?" > > >> > > >> There has to be a simple answer to the question, "Do I need to download > > >> JRE for OOo?" > > > > > > There is no real simple answer, because the situation isn't simple. > > > > > > The pragmatic simple answer is, "If you don't have, or know whether you > > > have, a JRE, get the version that contains one." > > > > > > For some people, that will the /wrong/ answer, but it will be "mostly > > > harmless". > > > > So why not it a no-brainer and offer only the "with JRE" version? > > I know -- because of the people with dial-up. Maybe they should > > have a footnote or something that directs them to a CD. > > > I have a better (?) suggestion: why not do what M$ does? Leave it out, > but when the user tries to use a part of the app that needs it, start > the process of downloading and installing the JRE. That will make OOo as > small as possible for the initial download, with the possibility of > adding the missing functionality easily later on. >
Not a bad idea. What is the number of the RFE so I can add my vote. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/
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