On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 08:31 -0700, Robin Laing wrote: > Dave Barton wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 12:30 +0100, Sylvain Hau wrote: > > > >>Hello, > >> > >>When using Open Office, I a m still embarrassed by switching from one > >>document to another... I had the same problem when I was using Microsoft > >>Office. > >> > >>Meanwhile, I surf on the web with Firefox and I am impressed by the > >>tab-navigating system. I think it is quicker and smarter. > >> > >>I would like to know if it can be possible to adapt this system to Open > >>Office: Instead of having 1 document per frame, can we have just 1 frame > >>with several tabs, 1 tab for each document? > >> > >>We could spare time and some visibility while switching frome one > >>document to another. > >> > >>Thanks for your answer! > >> > >>Sylvain HAU > >>France > > > > > > I doubt that many (if any) developers read messages posted to this list. > > The procedure for reporting bugs or requesting features in OOo > > (OpenOffice.org) is to register and log in at: > > http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/TLogin (also known as IssueZilla) > > Then you can enter new or vote for existing issues. > > > > The feature you propose has already been requested, see: > > http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=12686 > > > > If you wish to respond to this message, please only reply to > > [email protected] > > > > HTH > > Dave > > > > > > Wasn't this part of the original StarOffice design? So long ago and > so many brain cells ago. :)
Well! kind of, sort of. StarOffice 5.2 (which I still have on one of my boxes) had it's own desktop arrangement, which was not exactly MDI (Multi Document Interface - which is what we talking about here) and provided a somewhat cumbersome GUI that many users reportedly found to be quite confusing. > I do agree that at times it would be nicer than multiple document > windows open. Sometimes I have so many documents open that I lose > track. Tabs could be nicer at those times. Mine is one of the 100+ votes for this issue. Unfortunately, I think it will be some time (if ever) before we see a MDI version of OOo, because the code rewrite to do this is not a simple task and the developers have many other pressing issues to work on. Hope springs eternal ;) Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
