Comments on: Notepad more featureful than AbiWord? (and other entertaining tales) http://cleardefinition.com/oss/abi/blog/2006/07/24/notepad-more-featureful-than-abiword-and-other-entertaining-tales/ Updates of Abi-related news in the greater community, as well as nightly build notifications! Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:50:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Roman http://cleardefinition.com/oss/abi/blog/2006/07/24/notepad-more-featureful-than-abiword-and-other-entertaining-tales/#comment-307 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:34:23 +0000 http://cleardefinition.com/oss/abi/blog/2006/07/24/notepad-more-featureful-than-abiword-and-other-entertaining-tales/#comment-307 <blockquote>Wish I could read this - http://www.urnaut.com/2006/07/22/urban-legend-about-ms-word/</blockquote> Hmm.. well i'm the author. Tell me what are you interestet in :)

Wish I could read this - http://www.urnaut.com/2006/07/22/urban-legend-about-ms-word/

Hmm.. well i’m the author. Tell me what are you interestet in :)

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]]> by: ryan http://cleardefinition.com/oss/abi/blog/2006/07/24/notepad-more-featureful-than-abiword-and-other-entertaining-tales/#comment-19 Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:57:08 +0000 http://cleardefinition.com/oss/abi/blog/2006/07/24/notepad-more-featureful-than-abiword-and-other-entertaining-tales/#comment-19 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. 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.

]]> by: henry http://cleardefinition.com/oss/abi/blog/2006/07/24/notepad-more-featureful-than-abiword-and-other-entertaining-tales/#comment-18 Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:36:11 +0000 http://cleardefinition.com/oss/abi/blog/2006/07/24/notepad-more-featureful-than-abiword-and-other-entertaining-tales/#comment-18 "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. “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.

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