On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:02:04 -0400, Twayne wrote: > "M Henri Day" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected] >> I think most of us can agree that the OOo GUI is getting a bit long in >> the tooth, but I'm not sure that everybody wants a needed update to >> tread the primorose path taken by Microsoft Office. List members can >> judge for themselvs on the following site >> (http://preview.tinyurl.com/mobp2y ) and post comments to the Sun >> developers.... >> >> Henri > > Although I responded to both the 9 question version and the one here, > I'm not so sure I'd rather see a layout "fix" as much as see some of the > several-version old, large annoyances fixed. I won't list them here > because I tend to write "books" when I get going, but I suspect most > serious users know what I'm talking about. > I also think Impress was the wrong target for such a demo. Assuming > a layout redesign is going to go across the board, many more use Writer > and/or Calc but not IMpress. I never was sure whether the questions > were about just Impress or the OOo package in general. > > So ... if there's time to do a layout redesign, how come there isn't > time to do some annoyances control? In most ways I found version 3.x to > be a good step forward but in a few areas I felt like it went backwards, > especially in ignoring the annoyances. > > Regards, > > Twayne`
As a new user I would appreciate reading your "book"; I'm never sure if my problems are something I'm doing wrong (most likely, I admit) or something that you have already identified as an annoyance. If you don't feel like writing a book -- how about just a list of examples? tnx mcm -- Mark C. Miller --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
