Am 13.09.12 10:48, schrieb Rory O'Farrell: > On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:44:46 +0200 > Raphael Bircher <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Am 13.09.12 10:34, schrieb Rory O'Farrell: >>> In most implementations of OpenOffice the configuration information is >>> accessed through /Tools /Options. On a Mac, this information is accessible >>> through Preferences. This other path causes great confusion for Mac users >>> when the problem advisor does not notice the use of the different operating >>> system. >>> >>> Is there any reason why Macs use that path, and would it be possible to use >>> the conventional /Tools /Options path on new builds, instead of, or as well >>> as, the usual Preferences path on Macs? >>> >> Mac has UI Guide Lines who are much stronger then on many other Systems. >> One of this Guide line is to keep any settings in the Preferences. It's >> on the same places on any Mac Programm. You confuse all experianced Mac >> Users, if you change this. >> >> So a big -100 from my side. >> >> We should maybe create a Tutorial about the differences. >> >> Greetings Raphael >> > Thank you for the explanation, Raphael. Would it be a good idea to provide > _as well_ the standard /Tools /Options? Then Mac users would have the best > of both worlds! > If I'm not wrong you can do this with changing a option in the profile Folder. But Enable both is not a good option for my point of view. And this is not the only difference. There are also same different shortcuts. A native Printing dialoge. A native Spellchecker, and same other minor things. On Linux you have also same special features. In the past we try to use OS Specific things, but avoid to have a compleet different look and feel. A Thing that is not easy and get also harder in future, I think.
Greetings Raphael
