On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:14:16 -0500, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:09:01 -0500, Paul_B > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:27:04 +1100, Daniel Kasak wrote: >> >>>> Some people, who seem to be in key positions, like the way OO's >>>> internal structure is organized. >>>> >>> >>> ? >>> >>> That's a vague conspiracy theory if I've ever heard one. What changes >>> would you make to OO's "internal structure"? >> >> >> "Internal structure" probably is the wrong technical term, but >> I'm referring to what goes on under the hood, namely, the various >> dialogs. The worst I've found is the mail merge. The database is >> up there too. The table of contents should be quite intuitive, >> but isn't close. > > Take in account that this UI design is not very mature. The Base module > was introduced relatively on a short period of time. Other than that, > office is also famous for their ugly implementation of dialogs.
That's good to know. I really don't have a feel for how quickly things are progressing, and more importantly, how much desire there is to change things in a way that would address the complaints I have. >> I used to be fairly good at writing Word macros. Three years on, >> I still only 'record' OO Basic. > > Have you got into writing OOoBasic? A lot of users and developers have > created really cleaver ways to create components with custom dialogs based > from the code. Which is true that Basic is very verbosed is also true that > some developers have generated abstract libraries to make OOo language > more compact and easier to understand. No, my attempts at OOoBasic have gone nowhere. It is very verbose, and the editor isn't much a help, in contrast to the MS VB editor. And truthfully, my interest level is not as great at this point. >> I still don't understand how templates centralize changes in >> Styles data. >> >> In short, I love OO as deep at the document and menu levels, but >> deeper than that I find it extremely frustrating. I hope >> significant changes are being planned, as I'm tempted to migrate >> back, much as I don't want to. >> >> p. > > Well giving that the whole UI is on XML, isn't this easier to change to > your satisfaction? I have no idea how to do that, and really don't want to delve that deeply. I just want the program to work and be accessible. p. -- Using OOo 2.0.3 on Win XP sp2. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
