[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 116142] Remove Quickstarter from Windows builds

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116142

V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from V Stuart Foote <vstuart.foote at utsa.edu> ---
Hate to flog a downed horse but having some issues over the WONTFIX call...

OOo Quickstart provided function of MS Office "Office Startup Assistant" which
Microsoft abandoned and replaced for Office 2010 with the "Backstage"
panel--that came in with the Ribbon--coupled with use of the Windows 7 DE Start
Menu/Taskbar "JumpList" shell mechanisms.

So the rational for removing the Quickstart from LibreOffice Windows builds is
that as a GUI interface on Windows it is non-compliant with the OS DE shell
norms. It serves no useful purpose that the OS does not already provide from
Windows 7 onward with JumpList shell mechanisms--that Jesús C. explicitly added
support for (see bug 35785) back in 2013.

Aside from the superfluous GUI menu of launchers in the Windows system tray,
the only thing Quickstart "adds" is a continually running an instance of
soffice.bin. No question that that running instance avoids some start up
overhead--e.g. delay of an AntiVirus scan on initial LibreOffice launch, so
leaving it running can improve response. But on modern desktop/laptop hardware
it really is not necessary.

And, normal Windows OS DE provides "Startup" (shell:startup) program launch
methods provide the "always running" support for any application if desired and
LibreOffice does not need to provide (or maintain) one of our own. 

We could simply modify the installer/Tools -> Options "Load LibreOffice during
system start-up" to drop a launcher there. We don't need all the overhead of
Quickstart!

And unfortunately it is that "always running" facet of the Quickstart
soffice.bin/.exe that continues to cause problems that disrupt QA efforts:
affecting issues in file recovery, program updates, and GPU rendering issues.

I'd like to see the obsolete GUI menu removed from Windows, as done for Linux
builds (never implemented for OS X), and then some dev effort on refinement of
the Windows shell Start Menu/Taskbar JumpList implementation. 

All this meaning nothing in the Quickstart feature is necessary--and it can go,
and should have gone back in 2013 when it last made the rounds on the dev list.

Stuart

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