2009/9/9 Bernd Eilers <[email protected]> > > Hi there! > > Cor Nouws wrote: > >> Lars Nooden wrote (7-9-2009 10:01) >> >>> If it looks like duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, ... >>> >> >> To make it easier for you, to see a bit of the latest prototype (0.16), a >> Dutch journalist was so friendly to publish this: >> >> http://webwereld.nl/gallery/63487/openoffice-kiest-ribbon-combinatie--foto-s-.html >> >> (Mind, #2 is not 0.16 - this slide shows the choices in the prototype-app) >> >> > Nice publication indeed. > > Just a quick "heads up" to those who have so far seen only remarks or > screenshots on mailinglists, blogs and websites. The prototype application > can still be started via java webstart from within a browser using the > following URL > > http://tools.services.openoffice.org/impressprototype/impressprototype.jnlp > > Prerequisite is that you have java 1.5 installed on your system. > > Probably much better to have a look yourself than depending on someone else > opinion. > > > Regards, >> Cor >> >> > Regards, > Bernd Eilers
Bernd, on the surface this prototype Impress looks fine to me ; that is to say, I would have no problem with such a GUI. But my experience with Impress in general is that it's difficult to get it to work right when, e g, opening pps files sent me as email attachments by others. For example, when I attempt to run a lovely pps presentation in homage to Vincent Van Gogh with the artist's paintings and music by Don Mclean in Impress (versions from OOo 3.0 to OOo-dev 3.2.0 m57 (Build:9422) , the audio doesn't work and I have to mouse-click or hit the space bar every time I wish to advance thé presentation. Consequently, if I want to enjoy this presentation the way it is meant to be enjoyed, I have to boot into a Windows OS and run it from Powerpoint. If I remember correctly, NoOp has posted on how one can modify the Impress settings to get the sound to work properly, but most users, I suspect, will - if they can afford it - instead choose MS Office and run presentations like this one «out of the box». Improvements in the GUI are not to be sneezed at, but improving functionality must, I think, be the developers' first priority, even if it's not always as much fun.... Henri
