Hi Niklas, [20.02.2006]
>> Don't get me wrong: I really appreciate the work, but there is >> no possibility for users to vote transparently for certain >> features to be incorporated as soon as possible. > Votes in Issue Tracker aren't lost. The issues with most votes > aren't necessarily implemented right away, but you can be sure > they are looked at. I know. But please consider a typical "noob": He will probably have look at http://www.openoffice.org and now, please count the steps until he reaches a point where he could vote for features! It has to be much more intuitive. There should be a listing of the most desired features that will be implemented in the next release ... and - ideally - a "vision corner" where the sophisticated features could be rated. Not every user is willing to register before voting ... he just has a quick look at the web site (RSS?) to be informed about what is coming next ... >> And new or even visionary concepts are nowhere communicated. >> How should a user vote for a visionary concept, if it is not >> communicated properly in order to make it understandable? > Well, go ahead (you, Arnim, or anyone), describe the > hierarchical sheet tabs. If you write up a specification, it > can be put on specs.openoffice.org. In an enhancement issue, > more than a single sentence of description is helpful, too. I think we will go for it ... but please always consider the majority of dumb ... erm ... simply the majority. :-))) They just want to have a look at a single page, a short concept and two buttons saying: "I like it" and "Hmmm?" ... I personally know a lot of "short breathed" users who have ideas and would like to contribute their opinions but are discouraged by the web site and its structure ... >> Remember "Lotus Imprompt" (I hardly remember the name - must >> have been in 1993 about)? They had a brillant idea about >> separating formulas from content - it never really made it >> into public mind although it has been a great feature. > Improv, and it imposed too much structure on the spreadsheet, > losing flexibility (with its associated dangers, sure). Yep, yep, yep ... but it *was* thrilling ... :-))) And this would really be a big bang to offer such a functionality. To be honest: I, for example, use OpenOffice.org simply for everything ... but Excel is *way* ahead of Calc - while Writer is better than Word (as some magazines already tested). The list of necessary improvements for Calc in order to simply compete with Excel is long ... very long ... :-))) Would it be worth the effort to discuss the "feature voting" with some of the web guys? -- Cheers, Vince ''' ô¿ô - http://www.openshortcut.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
