Hi Satchitb (???), although still in the "LibO conference mode" just a few words concerning your suggestion before I traveling home tomorrow (and thus being unable to reply soon).
Am Samstag, den 15.10.2011, 10:20 -0700 schrieb satchitb: > OS: Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric stable > Application: LibreOffice Writer 3.4.3 > > A user of LibreOffice suffers death-by-menu much like he or she did with > MSWord 2003 or earlier. It is possible to cut down the number of menu > entries. First, thanks for your mail and your proposals - I also think that the menus should be improved. And I'm happy if we can do that ... since it involves quite some "costs" (given due to our larger project and the larger user base), things should be really clear in advance. Now the point: looking at your "preliminary suggestions", it seems to me that these are primary personal thoughts. Some functionality you propose to remove is really used by a larger user base. Some other functionality is different to what you've stated ... or terminology is incorrect (e.g. font instead of characters) when looking on the remaining functionality in Writer. Thus, my proposal is that you pick few (maybe only one) example and analyze the pros / cons for changes. We have references to the OOo menu specifications [1], and the usage data that can be used to derive used / less used functionality [2]. Finally, you should discuss that changes with other users / trainers / support providers whether they see any blockers (e.g. special use cases for business users, document automation, ...). Finally, we can work out a proposal. Well, why the "overhead". The change targets the remaining (estimated) number of users of close to 25 million people - we need to be sure. So, it would be great if you could join and help us to streamline LibO ... Cheers, Christoph [1] http://specs.openoffice.org/ui_in_general/index.html [2] http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Tracking_results > Here's a few preliminary suggestions for reorganisation while staying within > the same menu design: [...] -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
