Hi John,
John McCreesh wrote:
On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 10:52 +0100, Ingrid Halama wrote:
Hi John,
[snip]
What is this 'standalone' for an argument? I cannot understand the
importance of 'standalone' for the user. Chart is a big feature area.
Users are interested in charts. For most users it's not of any relevance
whether charts are available as 'standalone' application also or not.
Users think of OOo in terms of applications - the icons they click on
from the "Start" button.
I would disagree here. Users are interested in feature areas. The main
question is 'What can I do with that product?'. Whether this feature can
be reached via clicking the Start button or what so ever is just a
technical detail.
If you look at the help system, this is how we
present the content: Basic, Calc, Base, Draw, Impress, Math, Writer.
Hm, the decision to remove the chart from that list in the help at the
same time as the chart standalone feature was removed has lead to
removing the most important part of the chart help. This grouping by
technical detail has really bad side effects. I also would like to
request an own chapter for charts in the help.
So this is what I mean by 'standalone' - it is how we have chosen to
bundle functional elements (like charting) into applications that users
can relate to.
Please we should reconsider this decision.
I'd be interested to see a table that showed "functions" down the side,
and "where used" across the top...
Could you maybe explain this idea a bit more?
John
Thanks,
Ingrid
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