I have two things to say about that: 1.) Working towards 1.0, the developers are just trying to fix all the bugs and get a more stable AbiWord. Adding new features is LAST priority right now, especially little things that seem to be just "Look at my new feature!"
2.) I support the idea of adding features, but I've noticed that in trying to be like MS Word, AbiWord has become bloated in places. For example, the Format menu is HUGE!!! I wouldn't mind adding tons of features -- but the program needs to stay small and fast, and the features themselves need to be better organized on the frontend. This means submenus and better menu design! Some people completely stop thinking when they've got too many features -- it's too much for them. So to summarize -- features have to wait, and when they do get added in, they should be meaningful, efficient, and well-organized. >===== Original Message From "Jaime Marques Olarreaga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >I am new in this. Just to thank the programmers and the people involved in the development of Abi. I sent a suggestion which I think could be very useful to make Abiword interesting for writers: a different words count program. None of the commercial programs support it, only QuarkXPress would tell you how many different words you used in a document. I know there are different ways to evaluate how rich or poor your lexicon is. Having one of this tests run by Abiword would be GREAT, but the "different words count" would be fair enough for the moment. Why >am I suggesting this? Because if Abi wants to gain a place among the processors it should not only rely on its "I'm free" feature, but it should offer things, no matter how small or apparently unimportant, that set it appart from the other WP. Sorry about my english. Bye! ____________________________________________________________ woof! woof! I'm @dog.com Get your free @dog e-mail at http://www.dog.com ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
