[dev] Please fix these security flaws that could be considered bugs ...

2009-04-16 Thread Nathanael Kennedy
There are serious problems, even at a security level, with OpenOffice... There is no EASY OR STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY to DELETE the entire list of Recent Documents. Documents I no longer care about, I of course delete. DOCUMENTS REMAIN ON THE RECENT DOCUMENTS LIST LONG AFTER THEY'VE BEEN DELETED (FOR

Re: [dev] Please fix these security flaws that could be considered bugs ...

2009-04-16 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Nathanael Kennedy wrote: There are serious problems, even at a security level, with OpenOffice... There is no EASY OR STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY to DELETE the entire list of Recent Documents. Documents I no longer care about, I of course delete. DOCUMENTS REMAIN ON THE RECENT DOCUMENTS LIST

Re: [dev] Please fix these security flaws that could be considered bugs ...

2009-04-16 Thread Malte Timmermann
Well, Rene is right, but I also agree that it should be easy for people to delete the list. Instead of some config item in a dialog, which nobody will find, an extra menu item at the end of the list (with a separator above) would be nice: Clear list Or introduce some config in the dialog

Re: [dev] Please fix these security flaws that could be considered bugs ...

2009-04-16 Thread Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany
Hi Malte, Wrt the wish to automatically remove entries where the document is no longer available: This is not so obvious for me. I sometimes open documents from encrypted containers or network shares which I mount on demand only, or from USB devices, so opening the menu in the wrong time

Re: [dev] Please fix these security flaws that could be considered bugs ...

2009-04-16 Thread Rich
On 2009.04.16. 12:38, Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany wrote: Hi Malte, Wrt the wish to automatically remove entries where the document is no longer available: This is not so obvious for me. I sometimes open documents from encrypted containers or network shares which I mount on

Re: [dev] Please fix these security flaws that could be considered bugs ...

2009-04-16 Thread Malte Timmermann
Rail Aliev wrote, On 04/16/09 11:00: On Thursday 16 April 2009 12:28:04 Malte Timmermann wrote: Well, Rene is right, but I also agree that it should be easy for people to delete the list. BTW, there is History Manager extension [1] where you can tweak your recently used document count

Re: [dev] Please fix these security flaws that could be considered bugs ...

2009-04-16 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Rene, Rene Engelhard schrieb: Hi, Nathanael Kennedy wrote: There are serious problems, even at a security level, with OpenOffice... There is no EASY OR STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY to DELETE the entire list of Recent Documents. Documents I no longer care about, I of course delete. DOCUMENTS

Re: [dev] Please fix these security flaws that could be considered bugs ...

2009-04-16 Thread Rail Aliev
On Thursday 16 April 2009 12:28:04 Malte Timmermann wrote: Well, Rene is right, but I also agree that it should be easy for people to delete the list. BTW, there is History Manager extension [1] where you can tweak your recently used document count (history) using GUI. 1.

Re: [dev] Please fix these security flaws that could be considered bugs ...

2009-04-16 Thread mike moller
Gee Nat if you go around th place shouting in the fashion that you have in this post then I sure feel sorry for your goat :-) On 4/16/09, Nathanael Kennedy nathanael.kenn...@gmail.com wrote: There are serious problems, even at a security level, with OpenOffice... There is no EASY OR

Re: [dev] Please fix these security flaws that could be considered bugs ...

2009-04-16 Thread Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany
Hi Rich, and maybe checking for unavailable files when the menu is opened, and making them visually different (either disabled, or coloured differently). threaded, of course, so that it does not block the menu, but updates it in the background, even while it is open :) Given that this is

Re: [dev] Please fix these security flaws that could be considered bugs ...

2009-04-16 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Regina Henschel wrote: I do not share your view. In my school we have got PCs for pupils, where not each pupil has got an account, and therefore only one OOo user exists. Same in our teacher library, one PC user for all teachers. There And you don't know what teachers are there so

[dev] Add On development

2009-04-16 Thread Konieczny, Lars
Hello How can I develope my own Add On for the open office Writer? What programming-language do I have to use? thanks Lars Konieczny