John Boyle wrote: > ... Specifically, I would like to see mail merge > improved, although it is not as bad as it was, it could use some fine > tuning!
Where are the lumps currently? Mailmerge(*) is one of the most important features for secretaries and office managers. (Document templates being the other) > ... Since you asked what I would like to see, I will get back to you > with things I will NOW take note of, that I had let slide because I was > not sure and still am not! As long as they get posted somewhere. When the pro-MS dogma dies back then these data can be useful. > ... As far as > the UI is concerned, I cannot see how there can be any improvement, but, > again, I am NOT a programmer, only a happy user, who is tired of > "CHANGE" for change sake!!!! It appears in this case to be a proposal for change for detriment's sake. "The ribbon" is a failure and hiding a "let's copy the ribbon" proposal under quibbles about semantics is only showing how engrained in the dogma some people have decided to be. Look at the evaluation: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:IsoMetrics_Results http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Image:OOoUserSurvey2009_Final.ods There is room for improvement, but there is not even the remotest indication of dissatisfaction, let alone a mandate for utter bullshit like ZOMG-lets-do-a-ribbon! http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/images/6/62/Results_OpenOffice.org_User_Survey_2008.odp Then here is some further discussion: http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2006/07/the_microsoft_o.html http://cs.winona.edu/CSConference/2007proceedings/caty.pdf Searching, I just now noticed this blog with further discussion: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/prototyping_a_new_ui_july#comment-1249139708000 It's stupid not to learn from the mistakes of others. Regards, -Lars (*) Mailmerge has been broken in MSO since at least 2002. As of 2004 it was still in the "won't fix" category. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
