Re: [tdf-discuss] Thninking about a user focused web forum - and user support in general

2010-10-25 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy Todd There are a bunch of features that I think would be helpful. The ones I can think of right now: * As Marc pointed out, it has the guided posting system. This walks you through making a new post, to make sure the post ends up in the proper place and has the necessary

Re: [tdf-discuss] Thninking about a user focused web forum - and user support in general

2010-10-25 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-25 01:54, todd rme a écrit : On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 11:51 PM, Drew Jensend...@baseanswers.com wrote: Thanks Drew Has anyone looked at the KDE forums? It might be a good layout for a software-specific forum. We also have a built-in system for handling feature requests directly

Re: [tdf-discuss] Better defaults

2010-10-25 Thread Sebastian Spaeth
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:23:13 +0200, RGB ES rgb.m...@gmail.com wrote: There are discussions on this list about UI redesign. Even if this is a good goal on the mid/long term, there are lots of things that can be done *immediately* to build a better user experience: change default toolbars and

[tdf-discuss] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Oracle's OpenOffice in Libre Software World Conference

2010-10-25 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:39 AM, timofonic timofonic timofo...@gmail.comwrote: Hello. I'm not sure what one of the two mailing lists suits best, so I reply in both because it may have different topis on each thread. Oracle's OpenOffice (oOO) is going to participate in the Libre Software

Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle's OpenOffice in Libre Software World Conference

2010-10-25 Thread Jesús Corrius
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:39 AM, timofonic timofonic timofo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello. I'm not sure what one of the two mailing lists suits best, so I reply in both because it may have different topis on each thread. Oracle's OpenOffice (oOO) is going to participate in the Libre Software

Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle's OpenOffice in Libre Software World Conference

2010-10-25 Thread timofonic timofonic
Hello. I have no contacts with the organizers, but you can contact with most of them at the Asolif mailing list http://www.asolif.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/comunicacion Other than that, maybe someone can contact the oOO presentation responsible person. Any possible solution to The Document

Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle's OpenOffice in Libre Software World Conference

2010-10-25 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi, 2010/10/25 timofonic timofonic timofo...@gmail.com: Hello. [...] Other than that, maybe someone can contact the oOO presentation responsible person. Any possible solution to The Document Foundation having some presence in this FOSS event? I don't know, if it is a good idea to contact

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Oracle's OpenOffice in Libre Software World Conference

2010-10-25 Thread Jesús Corrius
However if the speaker can manage himself to get to it, he will be welcomed. They also told me that Oracle's speaker is paying his own expenses as well, mainly because he got invited to the Valencian educational lliurex event. Louis used to be listed in the lliurex schedule, but I see he's not

Re: [tdf-discuss] LibO roadmap?

2010-10-25 Thread Sebastian Spaeth
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:26:03 -0400, Drew Jensen wrote: On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 10:16 +0200, Cedric Bosdonnat wrote: but we need some special care for the research world that has been completely left out by OOo these past years. Interesting, so would that mean more emphasis on Calc (charting)

Re: [tdf-discuss] LibO roadmap?

2010-10-25 Thread jonathon
On 10/25/2010 11:19 AM, Sebastian Spaeth wrote: Real stats are going to be done in a stats package anyway :-). IOW, the current macro for R needs to be rewritten as a true R extension. jonathon -- No human will see non-list, non-bulk, non-junk email sent to this address. It all gets

Re: [tdf-discuss] Thninking about a user focused web forum - and user support in general

2010-10-25 Thread Sam
Hi everyone, And hi Drew, thanks for adding LibreOfficeForum to the list. I could implement some of the features that todd rme mentioned if anyone would find it useful. Drupal is very flexible for this sort of thing. Yesterday I changed the front page so that it direct users to the proper

Re: [tdf-discuss] Thninking about a user focused web forum - and user support in general

2010-10-25 Thread Andy Brown
On Mon Oct 25 2010 07:53:37 GMT-0700 (PDT) Sam wrote: Hi everyone, And hi Drew, thanks for adding LibreOfficeForum to the list. I could implement some of the features that todd rme mentioned if anyone would find it useful. Drupal is very flexible for this sort of thing. Yesterday I changed

Re: [tdf-discuss] LibO roadmap?

2010-10-25 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-25 07:19, Sebastian Spaeth a écrit : On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:26:03 -0400, Drew Jensen wrote: On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 10:16 +0200, Cedric Bosdonnat wrote: but we need some special care for the research world that has been completely left out by OOo these past years. Interesting, so

Re: [tdf-discuss] Thninking about a user focused web forum - and user support in general

2010-10-25 Thread Andy Brown
On Mon Oct 25 2010 09:57:27 GMT-0700 (PDT) Sam wrote: One or two things I would like to see is the ability to tag a thread to watch for replies and bookmark. The first allows a user to notified of new replies with out having to comment directly. The second allow the user to mark a thread for

Re: [tdf-discuss] Better defaults

2010-10-25 Thread Roman Gelbort
El 25/10/10 04:38, Marc Paré escribió: I would suggest this as an extension and people could devise all sort of permutations of menus imaginable. That way, a user could pick from a list that is more personal to them. How about a menu theme for Mad Author or Crazy Academic? LOL I agree with

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define Membership within TDF?

2010-10-25 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Gianluca Turconi wrote: Hypothetical example: Google Corp. develops a large chunk of code for LibreOffice. It's an important contribution, of course, and Google would belong to the wider LibO community, but is this big contribution enough to join the steering group of TDF? No - but it

Re: [tdf-discuss] Thninking about a user focused web forum - and user support in general

2010-10-25 Thread Drew Jensen
On Mon, 2010-10-25 at 11:57 -0500, Sam wrote: One or two things I would like to see is the ability to tag a thread to watch for replies and bookmark. The first allows a user to notified of new replies with out having to comment directly. The second allow the user to mark a thread for future

Re: [tdf-discuss] UI - Making it an official project/goal?

2010-10-25 Thread Benjamin Horst
I didn't see any responses to this message, but maybe I just missed them. I took a look at your site, Mike, and it looks interesting. Have you been working on UI design concepts for LibreOffice? If so, I'd love to see what you've been thinking. Your feedback on the LibreOffice website would

Re: [tdf-discuss] Who is Funding LibO?

2010-10-25 Thread ian . lynch
Would someone please explain where the money is coming from to fund LibO? Where is it expected to come from in the future, assuming Oracle will not join? There are a few possibilities. One is the certification project that we are currently working on. (Actually I have been working on it now

Re: [tdf-discuss] Better defaults

2010-10-25 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-25 13:37, Roman Gelbort a écrit : El 25/10/10 04:38, Marc Paré escribió: I would suggest this as an extension and people could devise all sort of permutations of menus imaginable. That way, a user could pick from a list that is more personal to them. How about a menu theme for Mad

Re: [tdf-discuss] Better defaults

2010-10-25 Thread goldfish
implement the same feature as the Firefox personas Yes Please! -Original Message- From: Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com To: discuss@documentfoundation.org Sent: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 6:40 am Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] Better defaults Le 2010-10-25 13:37, Roman Gelbort a écrit :  El