On 19/11/2008 07:54, Andreas J. Guelzow wrote:
On Wed, 2008-11-19 at 07:43 +1100, John Machin wrote:On 19/11/2008 06:39, Andreas J. Guelzow wrote:Under the main button there is a link "Other Systems and Languages". In any case, if you were to access that URL from a Windows box, you would find that the main button offered the Windows version (British English); the US website offers the Windows version (US English).On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 20:30 +0100, Lutz Müller wrote:On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 21:53 -0800, George Dell wrote:In going to the web page "Getting Gnumeric" the new, excited, but unknowledgeable potential user is confronted with an immediate technospeak problem.You are probably expecting something like http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en?I doubt he would be happy just downloading a tar ball, which is what happens when I access that url and click the main button.I don't recall George Dell ever saying that he is using MS Windows.
That's correct; he didn't say he is using Windows. He did however mention "Windows File Association".
Do you assume that he is using it
No, I don't assume that he is using it. Merely pointing out that *if* he is using Windows, Firefox wouldn't offer him a tarball; it would offer him a Windows installer, which *IS* easy to install.
since he is having problems installing Gnumeric? That assumptions itself speaks volumes.
That extreme non-sequitur may have been behind *your* reasoning when you wrote "(Considering your question I suppose you are using MS Windows. In that case you chose an operating system that is designed to avoid having
competitors software installed easily. I suggest you get another operating system.)" but please don't try to lump it on me.