It is always good to hear stories, both good and bad... > 1) I feel that items in the Recent Documents list should only be there / > selectable if they exist. Both from OOo's perspective and PC's, the file is still there. It is saved to a directory. It is up to the user to then determine when the /tmp directory is cleaned.
In fact I've just tried to replicate your actions, and a .sxw file opened from the web, doesn't appear in my 'recent documents'. > 2) When a file is opened from the browser or even email client, and the user > chooses to close the window, they should be warned that they could lose the > information if they don't "save as" first Another good suggestion, but again, since the browser/email client has saved it to the file system (admitedly into a temp area) it could be understood that it is unnecessary to reask the user. If however you feel strongly about these issues, you can file an enhancement request and then people can vote. If popular enough the enhancements may make it into a later release of OOo. /paul On 11/22/05, Andi McLean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I am the IT department for a small company, I wanted to share a story about > one of the directors and his use of Linux and Open Office. > I have designed and wrote the system for our business, using Linux. One of the > directories who was running Windows 98, was fed up with the constant barage > of pop-ups and virus alerts every time he went on the internet, so he asked > me to set him up with a linux installation. Which I have done. We use Open > Office as the de facto Office suite. For obvious reasons. :) > The directory in question has an account with AOL, (Yes i was fun setting up > Linux with it, but we got it working) He views his email on line, using a > browser (Firefox). I sent him a presentation I had been working on. When he > selected the presentaion Firefox asked what he wanted to do with it. Open > with OOo or Save, as he wanted to view it, he choose Open with OOo, When he > had finished with it, he closed down the programs and computers. A couple of > days later, he wanted to look at the presentaion again, as he had downloaded > the file, and viewed it in OOo, he choose OOo to view it again, He looked in > the Recent Documents and there it was, When he tried to open it, he got "File > Not Found", He tried multiple times and got very annoyed. I finally got him > to write down the error message, of course the file had been saved from the > Web Browser into /tmp (Which gets cleaned on a reboot). > > I have since told him to save it first and then view it from his file manager. > So a couple of points. > 1) I feel that items in the Recent Documents list should only be there / > selectable if they exist. > 2) When a file is opened from the browser or even email client, and the user > chooses to close the window, they should be warned that they could lose the > information if they don't "save as" first. > > I do know the programming praticabilites this involves, but I want to > concentrate on how the directory felt the program should work, not how a > programmer thought it should. > > BTW I do not subscribe to this mail list, so please cc me on any posts > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
