-----Original Message----- From: CPHennessy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 April 2006 10:04 To: dev@qa.openoffice.org Subject: Re: [qa-dev] A proposal to improve the bug entry page for "simple users"
. >However if we do value input from non-IT people then I think that there needs >to be an alternative input form(s). Obviously the current input forms are >useful for the developers and QA people so they should also remain. . I think this is a very important issue. Coming from many years professional involvement with PC application software, it often seems to me that OpenOffice has a too 'techie' outlook and, sometimes, priorities are set by what is interesting and sexy for all us techies rather than listening to the pleas of 'simple users' for some of the niggling but for them important defects to be fixed. Anything that can be done to encourage these users to make their views heard would be beneficial. After all, they are the vast majority of users and, if OpenOffice is to make a real impact, especially in the developed world where cost is not such an issue, we need to make these users comfortable. I'm not against increased functionality, I need some myself, especially in Base, but from an OpenOffice 'business' perspective perhaps the focus should more often be on useability rather than on functionality. Mike
