> On Nov 17, 2020, at 11:14 AM, Jörg Schmidt <joe...@j-m-schmidt.de> wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dave Fisher [mailto:w...@apache.org]
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 7:48 PM
>> To: dev
>> Subject: Application Start Page Question
>>
>> I’ve always wondered why the Start page of the Application
>> does not match our names for the various components of the Suite?
>>
>> Writer is Text Document
>> Calc is Spreadsheet
>> Impress is Presentation
>> Draw is Drawing
>> Base is Database
>> Math is Formula
>>
>> The “New” menu has the same on the drop down.
>
>> I’m not suggestion change.
>
> But as far as "New" is concerned, the menu is completely called File-New (and
> not Window-New) and I find a new file is e.g. a text document. "Writer" would
> be the term for a new Writer window, but that would not correspond to the
> name of the menu.
> This is a possible explanation of the menu, not an explicit defense of the
> menu.
Application Window vs. Document type is a good explanation. Thank you.
>
> I've read that you don't suggest any changes, but I'd like to point out:
> please let's not spend time on menu changes, in LibreOffice the menu changes
> are an absolute nuisance, because you have to search all the time.
Exactly! Such changes are Downgrades and certainly not an update or upgrade!
Regards,
Dave
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> Jörg
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