Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [Libreoffice-ux-advise] Need Developer Input about Options

Hi Kévin,

Kévin PEIGNOT wrote (02-11-12 08:31)

> > > >   - E-mail client (why not just use the OS default?)
> > >
> > > There may be more choices for different use?
> >
> > Well, you can only choose a single client, so the OS default should do.
> > Are there any cases where the OS doesn't allow the user to set a default,
> > though? What does LibreOffice do then?
>
> I think LibO should display an error message explaining that the default
> e-mail client on the system is **** but can't be changed IF (only if) it
> detects others e-mail clients. Example : default mail-client is Outlook,
> but LibO detects Thunderbird is present. It asks the user if he wants to
> use the default one (Outlook) or one of the others ones. Of course, if the
> OS lets the user choose his default client, this option isn't useful.
> Then, I don't know any OSes that doesn't let the user choose that, and
> except if there is a really used one I think it would be a waste of time to
> develop that.

Since the choice is only offered on Linux: maybe it is back from the 
times that the desktop environments there were not so advanced?
On the other hand, from recent years I remember I did use that setting 
myself to change the path to a new, updated version of Thunderbird.
Since I did not have to use it the last year or so, probably the 
Thunderbird guys have better habits now ;-)
Still I'm not sure if that would be true for all Linux choices...

Regards,

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