Well, I suspect that the reason they don't serve GMail access over SSL by default is greed and/or the desire to be "green". Serving web content over SSL put significantly higher strain on servers. In Google's case this equates to more CPU cycles and that translates to higher power requirements. More power means higher costs for Google and more carbon emissions into Earth's atmosphere. I would like to believe that "do-no-evil" Google is doing this for the latter reason.
I have a very old Fujitsu keyboard with excellent key layout and feel. It has an AT connector which I now plug into an AT-to-PS2 adapter which plugs into a PS2-to-USB adapter which finally plugs into my new Shuttle XPC that does not have a PS2 port. The absence of legacy ports on the Shuttle was one of the many reasons I bought it.
I expect that someone will have to pry my old Fujitsu keyboard from my cold dead fingers, and by then the list of adapters will be longer.
And finally, yes, all my storage devices in the Shuttle use SATA connectors.
Ctrl+A selects progressively more when you're in a table - first Ctrl+A selects all of the current cell (if there's anything in it), press it again - all of the current table, next time - the whole document.
This is not true. In my version of OO Writer (2.2.0 under Fedora 7) Ctrl+A cycles between selection of a single cell and the table. It never selects the whole document.
So, you throw out new software whenever you encounter unexpected behavior?
No, I threw it away after waisting time: (1) searching for an answer, (2) attempting to file a bug report, (3) finding out that there is zero interest by the developers to resolve the issue. However, this is not the point of the parent post. I did more to get OO Writer to work for me than one would expect of the typical MS Word user.
I am a big advocate of open source solutions, but I have to agree with the author of the parent post. I have some minimal experience with OO Writer, and I had to throw it out because I immediately encountered a very serious flaw. One of the most basic features that one typically needs and expects to work ("Select All") does not always work. When I went to report this bug, I discovered that it has already been reported to bugzilla almost 5 years ago! Furthermore, the developers had it marked as Closed/WontFix. You can read more on this bug and the whole sad story here (http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id= 7747).
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Well, I suspect that the reason they don't serve GMail access over SSL by default is greed and/or the desire to be "green". Serving web content over SSL put significantly higher strain on servers. In Google's case this equates to more CPU cycles and that translates to higher power requirements. More power means higher costs for Google and more carbon emissions into Earth's atmosphere. I would like to believe that "do-no-evil" Google is doing this for the latter reason.
I have a very old Fujitsu keyboard with excellent key layout and feel. It has an AT connector which I now plug into an AT-to-PS2 adapter which plugs into a PS2-to-USB adapter which finally plugs into my new Shuttle XPC that does not have a PS2 port. The absence of legacy ports on the Shuttle was one of the many reasons I bought it.
I expect that someone will have to pry my old Fujitsu keyboard from my cold dead fingers, and by then the list of adapters will be longer.
And finally, yes, all my storage devices in the Shuttle use SATA connectors.
I am a big advocate of open source solutions, but I have to agree with the author of the parent post. I have some minimal experience with OO Writer, and I had to throw it out because I immediately encountered a very serious flaw. One of the most basic features that one typically needs and expects to work ("Select All") does not always work. When I went to report this bug, I discovered that it has already been reported to bugzilla almost 5 years ago! Furthermore, the developers had it marked as Closed/WontFix. You can read more on this bug and the whole sad story here (http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id= 7747).