>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?
>

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