Hi Dave, Am 17.11.20 um 20:21 schrieb Dave Fisher: > >> On Nov 17, 2020, at 11:14 AM, Jörg Schmidt <joe...@j-m-schmidt.de> wrote: >> >> >>> -----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.
That's also the reason why you see icons for the document type and not for the application. I always found it logical to choose "Text Document", when I wanted to create a text document. ;-) Regards, Matthias > >> 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 > >> >> >> Jörg >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
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