To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=99284 Issue #|99284 Summary|The ruler should be hidden by default in Writer. Component|Word processor Version|OOo 3.0.1 Platform|All URL|http://www.johannes-eva.net/index.php?page=ooo_hidden_ |ruler OS/Version|All Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|ENHANCEMENT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|ui Assigned to|writerneedsconfirm Reported by|johanneseva
------- Additional comments from [email protected] Tue Feb 17 03:27:35 +0000 2009 ------- I have written a quite long article to explain why, in my opinion, both rulers should be hidden by default in OOo Writer. Here is the complete article: http://www.johannes-eva.net/index.php?page=ooo_hidden_ruler And here is the most important part of it: 1. A vast majority of users do not use the rulers. In the best case rulers are useless to the average user, in the worst case confusing. 2. Advanced users are able to find how to display the rulers anyway, if they need it. 3. The horizontal ruler is wasting precious vertical space! This is very important to people using small resolutions. Most laptops sold these days have a 1280x800 resolution. 1024x768 is by far the most used resolution, and the the netbook market, with its very small vertical screen sizes, is still growing. 4. Some other office suites already ship with their rulers hidden by default, this includes the market leader Microsoft Office 2007, but also RedOffice 4.0 and KOffice 2.0. 5. Hiding the rulers by default would be a huge improvement for most users of OpenOffice.org, compared to the relatively small amount of programming/development needed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
