2012/5/3 drew <d...@baseanswers.com>: > On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 23:13 +0200, RGB ES wrote: >> 2012/5/3 drew <d...@baseanswers.com>: >> > On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 22:29 +0200, RGB ES wrote: >> >> 2012/5/3 Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org>: >> >> > On 03/05/2012 Rob Weir wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> One thing we don't have any more is that registration dialog from >> >> >> OpenOffice.org. Does anyone recall what that used to do? >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > If I recall correctly, in different periods it was used for a user >> >> > survey >> >> > (and this would be a meaningful suggestion for the future maybe), for >> >> > registering accounts at Sun and for registering accounts at Oracle. >> >> > >> >> > You can get an idea of the survey at >> >> > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Renaissance:Phase_1:OOoUser_Survey >> >> > >> >> > Regards, >> >> > Andrea. >> >> >> >> It was also used to register the user "with him/herself": The >> >> registration process helped the user to fill the fields under Tools → >> >> Options → OpenOffice.org → User data. Now, for most new users that >> >> info will remain empty. While not a problem by itself, this means for >> >> example that documents will always open on the first page and not on >> >> the last edited point, because the user data do not match the document >> >> author. >> >> >> >> Regards >> > >> > Hi Ricardo >> > >> > That is a very good point IMO. I think it's fair to look at that as the >> > loss of an, optional, feature - this step of entering user information. >> > >> > I'm tempted to ask you to use the issue tracker, entering the >> > description and marking the issue as Request for Enhancement. >> > >> > Not that we should have the on-line registration, but rather to add a >> > (strong?) prompt during installation, with the intent to have the user >> > enter that information. >> > >> > What do you think? >> > >> > //drew >> > >> > >> >> Instead of asking for this on install time, I think we need to define >> a "first run wizard" or something like that. It could be a simple >> document that opens on first run with a "thanks for using this >> program" message and a couple of buttons to perform some basic >> customizations, like adding the user info. I'm too short of sleep >> today to build a good feature request, but I'll try to think on >> something during the weekend. Ideas are welcomed ;) >> >> Regards > > Howdy Ricardo > > Wonderful - I changed the subject (as you see). > > I was thinking also, prompted from another email just now that pointed > to a 3.4.1 feature request page, that there is a 4.0 feature request > page on the cwiki also.. per change that is an even better vector to > start with. > > Catch you later, > > //drew
I did a simple Draw graphic to try to explain the main idea http://people.apache.org/~rgb-es/FirstRun.odg Regards Ricardo
