On 3/25/14 7:52 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > Responses to the dev mailing list only, please, so we can avoid > fragmenting the discussion.
thank you for all the work on the survey, I think nit is very useful more comments below > > Regards, > > -Rob > > > 133 responses > > "Where did you first hear about the Apache OpenOffice Beta?" > > OpenOffice announcement mailing list 44.36% > OpenOffice development mailing list 6.77% > OpenOffice users mailing list 11.28% > OpenOffice Community Forum 0.75% > OpenOffice website 9.02% > OpenOffice Project Blog 2.26% > Facebook 3.01% > Twitter 1.50% > Google+ 6.02% > News article 3.01% > Other 6.77% > No answer 5.26% > > [Rob: Did we not mention the Beta on the Forum? > > Other: mentioned web searches and coverage on other mailing lists, > e.g., an NVDA mailing list.] > > > What is your relationship to the Apache OpenOffice project? > > User 81.95% > Project volunteer 6.02% > Other 2.26% > No answer 9.77% > > [Rob: Good, we're getting users not just the same people who already > tried the RC] > > Why did you decide to download and install the Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Beta? > > > I wanted to test my extension, workflow or other system to make sure > it worked with 4.1 5.26% > > I was curious to see what was coming in the next release of > OpenOffice. 63.91% > I hoped that Beta would fix a problem I was having with an earlier > version of OpenOffice. 18.05% > > I wanted to help test OpenOffice project by offering my early feedback 23.31% > > I wanted to help improve the quality of OpenOffice by looking for bugs > in the Beta 23.31% JSC: the latter 2 answers are promising > > What version(s) of Mac OS did you use? > > 10.5 0.00% > 10.6 0.00% > 10.7 11.11% > 10.8 0.00% > 10.9 0.00% > 10.9.1 0.00% > 10.9.2 88.89% > JSC: interesting is that only 10.7 and 10.9.2 systems were used. Ok , 10.7 don't work anymore but I mean more the lack of 10.8, 10.9 10.9.1. Good to see that people upgrade fast > > What Extensions did you use? > > [ Rob: 22 Responses. Before giving the list I'll mention 2 responses > noted problems: > > 1) Presentation Minimize not working (not details) > > 2) Presenter Console 1.1.0, PDF Import 1.0.4 won't install > > 3) User needed to install Pt dictionary since it was missing in the > install set and Langpack > (https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124423)] > JSC: we should at least prevent the minimizer and presenter from installation ... Have to check > > Which OpenOffice applications did you use from the Beta? > > Writer 87.22% > Calc 57.14% > Impress 27.07% > Draw 19.55% > Base 16.54% > > [Rob: Glad to see that Base got some attention.] JSC: nevertheless is Base an area where we have a lack of volunteers and knowledge > > Which of the following new features did you try? > > > 64-bit Mac support 7.52% > Integrated iAccessible2 4.51% > Annotations of text ranges in Writer. 24.81% > In-place editing of text fields in Writer 31.58% > Interactive image crop feature for Impress and Draw 15.79% > Enhanced support for 3D charts 12.03% > > Did you encounter any serious problems in your use of Apache > OpenOffice 4.1 that you did not already report to us via Bugzilla or > our mailing lists? > > Yes 11.28% > No 73.68% > No answer 15.04% > JSC: this is good, >76% with no serious problems is promising and I hope we were able to address at least most of the problems > > Please describe the issue(s) you encountered. > > 1. [Mac OS 10.9.2 user] > > When I open old openoffice docs, it tells me that all fields cannot be > opened, but it looks fine when it's opened. > > Also, when I save a doc, it tells me that there is an error, that it > didn't save it when in fact it really did save it. JSC: this was my fault and a rebuilt (no changes were necessary) would have been a good idea. A further reason why a working Mac build bot is a "must"requirement > > > 2. Cant install on Ubuntu, No deb file, No PPA, Just one install file > > 3. [Windws 8.1 user] > > After installing and using, the program will not open again. The > computer must be rebooted to get the Open Office Beta to restart. This > event has occurred several times. > > 4 [Windows 7 user]. > > A. In OO Calc all Formulas already set will change to REF, when any of > the linked file is causing problem. > > B. Sometimes it showing like macros are disabled, when opening any > Calc file. And we cannot remove that also. > > C. We cannot set date format like dd/mm/yyyy > > D. It's too slow when opening OO calc containing more than 20 sheets. > > E. After we open any excel file containing page break, then any other > file will open after restarting the system. > > > 5 [Linux Mint user] > > OpenOffice Base > > Create a simple query > Define the order of fields > Save the query > > Open in design mode the query > Order are lost!!! > > Open in SQL view the query > Order is correct!!! > > 6. [Windows XP user] > > desktop icon did not work > did not pickup all personal settings > backup path > load save options > tab stops setting > default basic font > footnote setting in default page in writer > > > 7. > > A. NVDA is unable to report justification (left, right, centered, etc) > information when using its shortcut key NVDA+F for formatting summary. > Other font info, such as attributes and font, is reported. > > B. with NVDA, after making changes to text attributes via the context > menu in a Writer document, I am unable to move the cursor with > ctrl+left/right arrows until I clear the selection by pressing down > arrow. > > 8. [Ubuntu 13.10 user] Crashes on start. > > 9. Invisible scrollbars > > 10. [Windows 8.1 user] Worked well, and then suddenly stopped > functioning entirely. Can no longer open OpenOffice 4.1 > > 11. [Windows 7 user] The first time I used it the program just stopped > after 30 minutes > > 11. AOO Beta seems not to work well with screen reader in dialog boxes > in Calc and Writer. Screen reader is NVDA. > > 12. [OpenSuse user] No desktop integration, but that might be normal > in a beta release JSC: indeed normal for the beta but we still have a problem when LO is installed ... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
