Notepad more featureful than AbiWord? (and other entertaining tales)
- Couldn’t this user have opened the file as a text file in AbiWord and done the same thing? It would be interesting to find out what the control character was and where it came from…. - http://www.indigomoonsystems.com/status/status.php?/archives/52-Microsoft-to-the-rescue.html
- Circle-running, I like that. - http://www.scottsforum.com/index.php/2006/07/22/open_source_roundup
- Wish I could read this - http://www.urnaut.com/2006/07/22/urban-legend-about-ms-word/
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Default format is not equal to only format: there are two common formats, and they are RTF and ODT. We have both of them working great, and just about every other format you can think of. Oh, and double-clicking the document should just work and open the program you created it in, that has always worked
. That’s the trouble with disabling comments, I can’t leave useful feedback without the feeling that I’m talking behind someone’s back. - http://linuxvirus.net/b2/?p=54 - Not sure I’ve ever heard “Desktop 2.0″ uttered on Planet Gnome, but I suppose all the work with Gimmie, lowfat, and other similar gizmos could be categorized there… This nice person will give AbiWord 2.6, with the nifty collaboration feature, a try, since it’s some real progress in word processing… - http://www.frankps.net/?p=109
- I think this is saying (among other things) that AbiWord is part of OpenOffice.org, which is not the case (rather we are a part of GNOME Office), but it’s in Catala so I can’t be sure… http://perpal.net/blog/2006/03/19/seamonkey-10/
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The PC Doctor likes us, but is he really a doctor? - http://www.pcdoctor-guide.com/wordpress/?p=1822 (and for the trackback - the security vulnerability is fixed since 2.4.1. Disabling comments is unfortunate…)
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Another blog in another language, but this line is universal
“una opción es Abiword el cual es multiplataforma y superior al procesador de textos de Openoffice” - http://noticiero.zoomblog.com/archivo/2006/05/20/aplicaciones-En-Linea-Gratis-Muy-Parec.html - “AbiWord fue la solución.” (”AbiWord was the solution.”) That’s what I like to hear! (Another blog in Spanish - this appears to be a recent trend!) - http://meneame.net/story/abiword-mejor-procesador-textos-libre
Now that I think of it, this is the perfect place to mention this. If any AbiWord users would like to volunteer a quote and a photograph for a future AbiWord marketing idea I have, please leave a comment or email me! Thanks!
on July 24th, 2006 at 7:36 pm
“both of them working great, and just about every other format you can think of”
I know this, but my point is that because every word processor sees fit to create its own file format, I can end up opening one of perhaps three different word processors when I click on an icon.
By contrast, the average Windows box only has one WP installed and all ‘documents’ default to it.
The end result is that it feels a lot more simple in Windows. To be fair, really all I’m doing is repeating that tired old “Waaaah! Linux gives me CHOICES! I can’t handle choice!” moan.
on July 24th, 2006 at 7:57 pm
Fair point. However, most users I’d guess will only have one word processor installed, even on Linux. The exception would probably be if the distro installs OO.o and the user chooses to install AbiWord because they prefer it, then it becomes a battle within the MIME type database as to who opens it. I usually solve this problem by just removing OO.o
To be truly fair, the same situation could happen in Windows too, but Windows users are much, much less likely to have more than one word processor since their computer either came with Works or Word, or they probably paid a lot of money for Office. Windows users in general are less accustomed to having a lot of free choices competing on their merits.
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