[New: openFATE 309260] Choose between Office Suites
Feature added by: John Shand (jshand2008) Feature #309260, revision 1 Title: Choose between Office Suites openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: John Shand (jshand2008) Description: just with having the option to choose the web browser, it would also be a good idea to let the user choose which office suite they would like e.g. OpenOffice or KOffice. it would be desirable for this feature to be implemented -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309260
Feature changed by: Wayne Roberts (wayneandleanne) Feature #309260, revision 2 Title: Choose between Office Suites openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: John Shand (jshand2008) Description: just with having the option to choose the web browser, it would also be a good idea to let the user choose which office suite they would like e. g. OpenOffice or KOffice. it would be desirable for this feature to be implemented + Discussion: + #1: Wayne Roberts (wayneandleanne) (2010-04-04 23:40:05) + a good idea -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309260
Feature changed by: Atri Bhattacharya (badshah400) Feature #309260, revision 3 Title: Choose between Office Suites openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: John Shand (jshand2008) Description: just with having the option to choose the web browser, it would also be a good idea to let the user choose which office suite they would like e. g. OpenOffice or KOffice. it would be desirable for this feature to be implemented Discussion: #1: Wayne Roberts (wayneandleanne) (2010-04-04 23:40:05) a good idea + #2: Atri Bhattacharya (badshah400) (2010-04-05 09:40:53) + The need to have default settings is to make the process of installing + openSUSE as easy as possible for a new user. At present the installer + focuses on minimising choices so that a new user with little knowledge + of OpenOffice and Koffice and Abiword and so on can just keep clicking + the Next buttons through most of the process and requires minimum input + from him. On the other hand, an experienced user or indeed anyone who + even knows what Koffice and Abiword (similarly Chromium, Opera, + Konqueror) are can select all these software from the DVD installer as + well (by selecting a detailed view of software selection). I think + therefore that the openSUSE installer is very good at the moment + suitable both for newbies and experienced people, but having all these + options would ruin the ease of installation for the new user. + If this is motivated by Microsoft's browser selection screen, it should + be clear that the situation is quite different here. Here it *is* + possible to choose your default browser to be Opera (if non-oss is + enabled), epiphany or konqueror and similarly Koffice, Abiword+gnumeric + or Openoffice as your office applications. Only, these are not the + options that a new user might be looking for when he is installing a + brand new OS for the first time. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309260
Feature changed by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) Feature #309260, revision 4 Title: Choose between Office Suites - openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed + openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) + reject reason: Not done for 11.3 - and will not be done for the future + (see comments) Priority Requester: Important Requested by: John Shand (jshand2008) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: just with having the option to choose the web browser, it would also be a good idea to let the user choose which office suite they would like e. g. OpenOffice or KOffice. it would be desirable for this feature to be implemented Discussion: #1: Wayne Roberts (wayneandleanne) (2010-04-04 23:40:05) a good idea #2: Atri Bhattacharya (badshah400) (2010-04-05 09:40:53) The need to have default settings is to make the process of installing openSUSE as easy as possible for a new user. At present the installer focuses on minimising choices so that a new user with little knowledge of OpenOffice and Koffice and Abiword and so on can just keep clicking the Next buttons through most of the process and requires minimum input from him. On the other hand, an experienced user or indeed anyone who even knows what Koffice and Abiword (similarly Chromium, Opera, Konqueror) are can select all these software from the DVD installer as well (by selecting a detailed view of software selection). I think therefore that the openSUSE installer is very good at the moment suitable both for newbies and experienced people, but having all these options would ruin the ease of installation for the new user. If this is motivated by Microsoft's browser selection screen, it should be clear that the situation is quite different here. Here it *is* possible to choose your default browser to be Opera (if non-oss is enabled), epiphany or konqueror and similarly Koffice, Abiword+gnumeric or Openoffice as your office applications. Only, these are not the options that a new user might be looking for when he is installing a brand new OS for the first time. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309260
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