>From the main www.openoffice.org (top right hand corner) you can either create a login or login (if you already have user and password).
Once you've logged in, on the left hand side you can 'create an issue'. Make sure that you creat the issue of type 'enhancement' and then go for your life... /paul On 11/15/05, Caleb Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul wrote: > New enhancement requests are great, the one last thing that you probably > need to do however is put these requests into the appropriate form. If you > create a new request for each of the ones you've mentioned, the OOo > developers will potentially consider them for future releases. /paul On > 11/15/05, Caleb Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OpenOffice.org is an amazing piece of software, but I think that the default > user-interface configuration is dreadful. It took me only about 10 minutes > to figure out how to use it, but for less computer-literate users, it can be > scary. The worst part is that to change anything, you need the Options > dialog, which is awful. Here are some of the many problems in the Options > dialog that should be changed to improve OpenOffice.org's usability. * > When you're in Writer, it should focus or only show Writer options, in > Draw, it should show Draw, etc. Many sections should be made specific to > the component, rather than being under the OpenOffice.org header. * There > are literally about 40 sections, many of which don't make sense. * Mouse > options shouldn't be in View. (one example of functions in the wrong > place) * The Load/Save>General section has an extremely poorly designed > section for default file formats. You select the file format you want to > change, for instance Presentation, then in another box select a format, > like OpenDocument Presentation. The right way to do it is to have drop-down > boxes for each type of file, with file formats in them. This is just one > example of using the wrong widget. * The Help Agent should be off by > default, or at least a bit less excitable. For example, it pops up whenever > it changes things like "teh" to "the," and whenever I save in an XML > format. It *does not* need to tell me about how great OOo's XML files are > every time I save. Also, it's hard to find the options for the Help Agent. > OpenOffice.org>General is simply the wrong place to put it. There should be > an option in the Help menu, or even better, in every window the Help Agent > opens. * The word autocomplete function, although I like it, can be > distracting. It should be off by default, and the setting should be > somewhere like OpenOffice.org Writer>Writing (which should be created). > It's not even in the options dialog, it's in Tools>AutoCorrect. > AutoComplete != AutoCorrect. The developers are doing a wonderful job at > adding useful features, but they also need to take time to integrate them > properly, into the right part of OpenOffice.org, before moving onto the next > feature. Lastly, please don't tell me, "It's FLOSS, you can do those > things yourself." I'm not a programmer, so I can't. I contribute > to OpenOffice.org by using it, helping other users, and telling people about > it. I am *not* a developer. It's the wrong mindset to say that if the users > want a feature, they should build it themselves. > > How do I submit requests? > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
