KOffice vs. OpenOffice

[O. Sinclair]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> O. Sinclair wrote:
>> You can also make it faster by disabling use of Java Runtime Environment
>> in Ooo. 
> 
> To which the only possible response is "oooo" :-)
> 
>> I think only the wizards use it but I could be wrong, I am no 
>> expert user.
> 
> I didn't know that.
> 
> Another thing that bugs me about opening files from the net with OO is that
> it does it in some manner that's completely different from _every_ other
> app I've ever used.
> 
> Generally, when I click on a file link, it either gets opened by some local
> app, or I get a prompt asking whether to save or open it.  If I ask to have
> it opened by OO, instead of just opening the downloaded stream, it appears
> to send a separate request to the server for the file - requiring me to log
> in again to sites requiring a login.  So it takes a minute to start up OO,
> and only _then_ do I get a username/password prompt.  It's generally faster
> to save to /tmp and then open the /tmp file.
I dont have that problem but then the docs/files I use from servers are 
normally on windows server shares in a LAN. No speed problem there.

Sinclair