After playing for a while with version 2.0, I do have the feeling of missing some things that worked in 1.1.x.
I do not understand the logic around the changes in toolbar function. In particular, the *lack* of the old long-click behaviour.
Now we have toolboxes, they are depicted by the small black triangle meaning they open the toolbox. This is considered "more standard" than the old green triangle. But these toolboxes are less functional: they do not remember the last tool selected.
With the old toolboxes, the last tool selected was remembered. I you needed again the same tool, you only needed to clicl again in the tool box item. Now we are forced to always open the toolbox and reselect the tool: a less efficient way to do things.
I cannot accept the argument that this is like MSO: if OOo have a better UI I do not see reason to drop it away. There is no "new concept" involved here. In the UI will appear an incon with a small tringle indicating that is an "openable" box with several tools inside, just as in MSO. Remembering the last selected is just added value, not user confusion, in my opinion.
I can imagine that another change that's annoying me can be traced to "make it work as MSO". Now there is no Arrows toolbar in Impress. But PowerPoint *do* have an arrow tool. With this change we have lost "dimension lines " in impress.
Actually, the "expandable" items in MSO Powerpoint Drawing toolbar *DO* remember the last selected item. The "triangle expandable" itehts thers are the fill and font color tools. They do change to reflect the last color selected. In fact, only Shapes toolboxes behave in the "handicapped" way. Why should OOo copy a bad design from MSO if ours is more logical and better?
- Enrique -
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