On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Marcus (OOo) <marcus.m...@wtnet.de> wrote: > Am 01/29/2013 11:09 PM, schrieb Rob Weir: > >> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Marcus (OOo)<marcus.m...@wtnet.de> >> wrote: >>> >>> Am 01/25/2013 11:54 PM, schrieb Kay Schenk: >>> >>>> It seems we've had a number of requests for CDs lately due primarily to >>>> slow/metered internet connections from users. >>>> >>>> TJ's post below is good. >>>> >>>> Until we determine a way to supply CDs, I'm wondering if we should >>>> provide either a local page or a link to information about some decent >>>> download managers under "Additional Resources" on >>>> >>>> http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html >>>> >>>> Thoughts? Good resources for something like this? >>>> >>>> I know some browsers provide this type of service as an add-on etc. >>>> also. >>>> >>>> Maybe add after the 3.4.1 re-spin in a week or so. >>> >>> >> >> I don't think we want to start recommending specific 3rd party >> download managers. There are good ones free, open source, as well as >> commercial. But we should not become advertisers for 3rd party >> products. >> >> But saying that a "download manager" is useful in many cases, and >> pointing the user here might be good: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_download_managers > > > OK, to create an own page and write some stuff that could be identified as > advertising is of course not the correct way. But some little text about > what a DL manager can do for you, advantages/disadvantages and a link to a > list of applications like you mentioned is IMHO OK. >
+1 > Marcus > > > > >>> Yes, great idea. To restart where the previous download stopped is not >>> known >>> by the most people, I guess. How to do this actually could be described >>> in a >>> little extra page in the download area. >>> >>> Unfortunately, I've no experience with this as nowadays my Internet >>> connection is too good. ;-( >>> >>> Marcus >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> -------- Original Message -------- >>>> Subject: Re: Open Office CD >>>> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:27:32 -0500 >>>> From: tj<t...@apache.org> >>>> Reply-To: dev@openoffice.apache.org >>>> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org >>>> CC: jfdi...@wmconnect.com >>>> >>>> On 1/21/2013 14:27, jfdi...@wmconnect.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello I live in a area where the only internet I can get is dial up and >>>>> everytime I try to download Open Office i get kicked offline and have >>>>> to start >>>>> all over again so I was wondering if you have Open Office in CD form. >>>>> Thank >>>>> you for your time. >>>>> >>>>> Joe Dills</HTML> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Let me heartily recommend what worked for me, when I used to have this >>>> problem: Firefox browser, plus the DownThemAll (DTA!) add-on, both free. >>>> When my download was interrupted (always at least once), DTA popped up a >>>> notification. One click on the stream name activates the DTA controls. A >>>> second click on "Resume", and away it goes, picking up right where it >>>> left off. On a bad day, this might happen several times, but it worked >>>> so well that I don't recall ever having to repeat a download. >>>> >>>> (With a 10 Mb broadband, the time went from 8 hours to 4 /minutes/. >>>> Dial-up is a PITA.) >>>> >>>> HTH, >>>> /tj/
