Web Kracked wrote: > All this stuff about going to some web site other than > OOo's and fill out forms we do not have control over. > This is like washing our dirty laundry in a mud puddle. > If we, as users, do not like something that the "developers" > are doing, there are ways to let them know on one of > the boards, or should be.
Especially when the developers explicitly ask for feedback to the prototype... > I like the current UI and will need to spend too much time > relearning the ribbon style if we have it. That is one > reason many businesses are not upgrading to 2007 or above, > too much time needed to retrain their people to the new UI. > OOo is enough like the old style of UI that the training > will be less and the "TOTAL Cost" of switching to OOo may > be less than it would be to upgrade to MS's new stuff. You raise a good point that indeed is one of the reasons why I ask for keeping the old GUI as an option. Wether the old or the new GUI is deployed as an extension or not is just a detail, the important point is that we keep the choice. BTW: this is my personal opinion only, but of course I'm advertizing it not only here but also amongst the other developers. Regards, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[email protected]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
