For Firefox and Thunderbird it's just as easy except you just extract it from the archive, then you run. Many apps don't need to be "installed" while some (usually non-cross platform ones) rely on external native libraries that my not be generally available or distributable with the app. That's what Yast and RPM are for; resolving required binary library app versions to provide consistent behaviour.
There will be a learning curve with any system, but intuative usability also depends on the expectations of the user. For me certain aspects of Windows are very unintuative and unusable because I haven't used it in a long time. The issue many people have is that they only want to learn how to use Windows and expect that to be the standard interface to everything.
Depending on the distribution you have, downloading/installing software isn't really difficult, it's just different. These differences are what can be confusing for an end user. Eventually there may be more applications packaged with something like Autopackage http://autopackage.org/ that would help ease the confusion somewhat for new users. Odds are it's not that the solutions aren't there, it's just finding and using them.
When was the first accident report when someone forgot to fill up their car? How about when they forgot to fill up their plane? These flying devices are also designed to be a lot safer than cars and planes by having multiple redundant engines and multiple safety contingencies. After all the thought that has gone into designing various flying cars, it would be silly if they didn't design one that safely floated to the ground when out of fuel.
Shameless self plug. I've been working on a Lucene based OSS desktop search engine in pure java named Nariva http://nariva.sf.net/ that incorporates some additional Apache software projects to provide stuff like a XML-RPC interface to the engine.
No. OpenOffice doesn't use Java. OpenOffice does however provide a Java binding to a component model called UNO (Universal Network Objects) which can be used, among other things, to remotely automate OpenOffice. There also used to be some Java components that use a direct Java to C++ bridge to integrate with OpenOffice but I don't know the status of those. Java is less of a requirement and more of an option.
Hmmm. Ok, if you want more configuration options I guess you wouldn't like the current ones. To each their own. That said, disable the image minimizer - Preferences, Advanced, Browsing - Uncheck "Resize large images to fit in the browser window". If you want a button that creates new empty tabs, View, Toolbars, Customize and drag the "New tab" icon onto the toolbar. "About:" addresses aren't stupid. They don't even show up for new tabs. I'm using Firefox 1.0/Linux, so I don't know where that came from.
I haven't updated it in a while but Nariva http://nariva.sf.net/ is a java-based open-source desktop search engine I wrote and use. I'm the only one working on it, so it's going a bit slow, but it works for me.
A plug-in is NOT an extension. I've actually created an extension with your patch and eMailed you about it.
The idea behind having extensions is that anyone can create extensions that are enhancement requests and if they're popular enough then merge those into the codebase. This way you get an instant patch applied before it's reviewed and when reviewed, the extension dies. This will let the core development focus on bug fixes first while the most popular enhancements get applied after a round of bug fixing.
I'm farely well organized and I don't use my desktop search service (shameless plug http://nariva.sf.net/) much for finding things that I know are there. One of the real benefits is finding things that are related to things that are there. All Desktop search is is a data mining application for end users. Money probably wouldn't be made from ad revenue but from branding, customization and corporate search services. Search is the key to any good content management system and that is the future of the agile business. Providing it to end users now gives you mindshare when it arrives in the future.
Shameless plug: Nariva http://nariva.sf.net/ is a java based OSS desktop search tool I'm working on. Uses mostly Apache software but is still in beta. If anyone in the OSS community is interested in helping me out, feel free.
I've been working on one since before Google Desktop search came out (honest!). Some of my other projects have taken priority though. Check out http://nariva.sf.net/ . It's an Apache Lucene based desktop search service. Uses Apache VFS so conceptually you should be able to index anything network reachable (ftp server, webdav) in addition to the local filesystem. Methods are exposed using Apache's XML-RPC so you could write your own GUI if you want to. I wrote a Firefox based GUI that I also make available on sourceforge. Nariva is still beta and so are some of the libraries it's using but feel free to try it out. I could always use some help.:).
Shameless plug: An open source Apache Lucene based search engine with a plugin mechanism for searching other file types: http://nariva.sourceforge.net/.
I'm working on an open source Lucene-based desktop search engine named Nariva http://nariva.sourceforge.net/. It has a java plugin-type preference framework for indexing files of particular types and the whole thing is open so you can write your own indexer. It's still beta, but it works.
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For Firefox and Thunderbird it's just as easy except you just extract it from the archive, then you run. Many apps don't need to be "installed" while some (usually non-cross platform ones) rely on external native libraries that my not be generally available or distributable with the app. That's what Yast and RPM are for; resolving required binary library app versions to provide consistent behaviour. There will be a learning curve with any system, but intuative usability also depends on the expectations of the user. For me certain aspects of Windows are very unintuative and unusable because I haven't used it in a long time. The issue many people have is that they only want to learn how to use Windows and expect that to be the standard interface to everything.
Depending on the distribution you have, downloading/installing software isn't really difficult, it's just different. These differences are what can be confusing for an end user. Eventually there may be more applications packaged with something like Autopackage http://autopackage.org/ that would help ease the confusion somewhat for new users. Odds are it's not that the solutions aren't there, it's just finding and using them.
Collective cortex - Java based, but not open source, http://www.collectivecortex.com/ Nariva - Java based, GPL, http://nariva.sourceforge.net/ Terrier - Java based, MPL, http://ir.dcs.gla.ac.uk/terrier/
When was the first accident report when someone forgot to fill up their car? How about when they forgot to fill up their plane? These flying devices are also designed to be a lot safer than cars and planes by having multiple redundant engines and multiple safety contingencies. After all the thought that has gone into designing various flying cars, it would be silly if they didn't design one that safely floated to the ground when out of fuel.
Shameless self plug. I've been working on a Lucene based OSS desktop search engine in pure java named Nariva http://nariva.sf.net/ that incorporates some additional Apache software projects to provide stuff like a XML-RPC interface to the engine.
No. OpenOffice doesn't use Java. OpenOffice does however provide a Java binding to a component model called UNO (Universal Network Objects) which can be used, among other things, to remotely automate OpenOffice. There also used to be some Java components that use a direct Java to C++ bridge to integrate with OpenOffice but I don't know the status of those. Java is less of a requirement and more of an option.
Hmmm. Ok, if you want more configuration options I guess you wouldn't like the current ones. To each their own. That said, disable the image minimizer - Preferences, Advanced, Browsing - Uncheck "Resize large images to fit in the browser window". If you want a button that creates new empty tabs, View, Toolbars, Customize and drag the "New tab" icon onto the toolbar. "About:" addresses aren't stupid. They don't even show up for new tabs. I'm using Firefox 1.0/Linux, so I don't know where that came from.
Regards,
Christopher.
I haven't updated it in a while but Nariva http://nariva.sf.net/ is a java-based open-source desktop search engine I wrote and use. I'm the only one working on it, so it's going a bit slow, but it works for me.
Regards,
Christopher.
A plug-in is NOT an extension. I've actually created an extension with your patch and eMailed you about it.
The idea behind having extensions is that anyone can create extensions that are enhancement requests and if they're popular enough then merge those into the codebase. This way you get an instant patch applied before it's reviewed and when reviewed, the extension dies. This will let the core development focus on bug fixes first while the most popular enhancements get applied after a round of bug fixing.
Regards,
Christopher.
I'm farely well organized and I don't use my desktop search service (shameless plug http://nariva.sf.net/) much for finding things that I know are there. One of the real benefits is finding things that are related to things that are there. All Desktop search is is a data mining application for end users. Money probably wouldn't be made from ad revenue but from branding, customization and corporate search services. Search is the key to any good content management system and that is the future of the agile business. Providing it to end users now gives you mindshare when it arrives in the future.
Shameless plug: Nariva http://nariva.sf.net/ is a java based OSS desktop search tool I'm working on. Uses mostly Apache software but is still in beta. If anyone in the OSS community is interested in helping me out, feel free.
I've been working on one since before Google Desktop search came out (honest!). Some of my other projects have taken priority though. Check out http://nariva.sf.net/ . It's an Apache Lucene based desktop search service. Uses Apache VFS so conceptually you should be able to index anything network reachable (ftp server, webdav) in addition to the local filesystem. Methods are exposed using Apache's XML-RPC so you could write your own GUI if you want to. I wrote a Firefox based GUI that I also make available on sourceforge. Nariva is still beta and so are some of the libraries it's using but feel free to try it out. I could always use some help. :).
Shameless plug: An open source Apache Lucene based search engine with a plugin mechanism for searching other file types: http://nariva.sourceforge.net/.
I'm working on an open source Lucene-based desktop search engine named Nariva http://nariva.sourceforge.net/. It has a java plugin-type preference framework for indexing files of particular types and the whole thing is open so you can write your own indexer. It's still beta, but it works.