Hi :) +1 wrt to the tabs Also +1 wrt the bad first stab at side-toolbar
Hopefully these things will change in some future release. Hopefully as Extensions that could be used in LO ;) Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> >To: Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk>; users@openoffice.apache.org; >us...@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Sunday, 4 August 2013, 23:28 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Conflicts? > > >To me, the AOO sidebar properties panel adds nothing. As you said, it only >duplicates the top toolbar. More importantly (for me at least), the styles >panel is buried *beneath* the properties panel. With LO, this is where I >dock the styles panel. So, now, with AOO, I have to do an extra click to >gain access to the styles panel. I've tried several times to find a way to >put the styles panel on top (as I have absolutely no need for the properties >panel), and I have yet to find a way that works. I may be missing something >that the AOO folks can explain to me. > >I understand that the properties panel was taken from the Symphony user >interface. But, much, much, more desirable would have been Symphony's tabbed >document interface. So many programs have it, and it is soooooo useful that >I don't understand why neither LO nor AOO have adopted it (yet). > >Virgil > >-----Original Message----- >From: Tom Davies >Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 3:35 PM >To: Virgil Arrington ; users@openoffice.apache.org ; >us...@global.libreoffice.org >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Conflicts? > >Hi :) >Just out of curiosity has anyone tried the Apache OpenOffice 4.0 yet? > >I really liked the sound of the toolbar down the side so i just gave it a >quick go. I was a tad disappointed to find that toolbar was in addition to >the ones we both already have at the top and mostly was just a duplication >of many of those buttons. However 1st time try-outs of new things seldom go >completely smoothly! lol > >I would really like to see both LO and AOO go this route and faster. At the >moment all programs seem intent on making the screen more and more like a >letter-box slit with more and more wasted space at the sides and more and >more crammed in at the top&bottom. > >It's becoming tougher and tougher to see a whole document all at the same >time. >Regards from >Tom :) > > > > > > > >>________________________________ >> From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> >>To: Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk>; users@openoffice.apache.org; >>us...@global.libreoffice.org >>Sent: Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 1:29 >>Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Conflicts? >> >> >>Thanks, Tom. I always disable quickstarter as a matter of course. >> >>Virgil >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Tom Davies >>Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 7:13 PM >>To: Virgil Arrington ; users@openoffice.apache.org ; >>us...@global.libreoffice.org >>Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Conflicts? >> >>Hi :) >>I think it's the same conflicts as between any 2 versions of LibreOffice or >>any 2 versions of AOO or OOo. Basically avoid having both open at the same >>time. That might mean turning off the Quickstarter of both of them. >> >>This link might help >>https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel#Windows >>Regards from >>Tom :) >> >> >> >> >> >>>________________________________ >>> From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> >>>To: users@openoffice.apache.org; us...@global.libreoffice.org >>>Sent: Tuesday, 23 July 2013, 20:38 >>>Subject: [libreoffice-users] Conflicts? >>> >>> >>>Are there any known conflicts with having LO 4.0.4 and AOO 4.0 installed >>>on >>>the same computer? In my never-ending, obsessive (and admittedly futile) >>>search for computing perfection, I want to try both programs to see which >>>better meets my techno-needs. >>> >>>Virgil >>>-- >>>To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >>>Problems? >>>http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>>Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>>List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>>All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>>deleted >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >-- >To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >Problems? >http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >deleted > > > >
