Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Best way to suggest new features ?

2012-03-01 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Werner, hi Marc, Fabian, Charles, Oliver, ... all :-) Am Donnerstag, den 01.03.2012, 09:18 +0100 schrieb Werner F. Bruhin: > On 01/03/2012 01:18, Marc Paré wrote: > > Le 2012-02-29 11:36, Fabian Rodriguez a écrit : > >> On 12-02-29 02:46 AM, Charles-H.Schulz wrote: > >>> Le mardi 28 février 201

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Naming builds. Please???

2011-12-07 Thread christoph . noack
Hi Marc, all, see http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Whiteboard/LibreOffice_Send_Feedback Help appreciated :-) Cheers, Christoph "Marc Paré" schrieb: Le 2011-12-07 12:58, Terrence Enger a écrit : > On Wed, 2011-12-07 at 18:22 +0100, Uwe Altmann wrote: >> Hi Terry >> >> Am 07.12.11 1

Re: [steering-discuss] Reminder: SC call tomorrow

2011-09-30 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Florian, I won't be available due to a small "family ride" :-) Wish you all a successful meeting! Cheers, Christoph Am Freitag, den 30.09.2011, 13:59 +0200 schrieb Florian Effenberger: > Hello, > > this is a short reminder that tomorrow, 1400 UTC, we will have our next > SC call. > > Look

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: recent LibreOffice survey: missed opporunities

2011-08-11 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Derrick! Am Dienstag, den 09.08.2011, 23:31 -0400 schrieb Anthropornis Nordenskjoldi: > Wasn't sure if I could email screenshots, so here are links to them instead. > > The shelf tags: http://i.imgur.com/mynbl.png > The order list: http://i.imgur.com/74nJP.png Thanks - indeed, attachments are

Re: [tdf-discuss] Poll Daily-Builds usage - we need your experience

2011-07-04 Thread Christoph Noack
1 My OS is: Linux 2 Update Info: ??? 3 I test: occasionally 4 I test for: User Experience related issues (new / changed behavior) 5 My suggestion: (for improvement) * Regular / on-demand CWS builds to separate changes (regularly, I stumbled over other issues that prevent

Re: [tdf-discuss] Enhancement Request: Comment Ranges

2011-06-13 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Charles! Am Montag, den 13.06.2011, 09:43 -0400 schrieb Charles Jenkins: > Thank you for everyone who commented on this. I'm actually getting a > little misty because you liked my idea... > > Cristoph, heck, yes! Your proposal is perfect. If only, if only we had > that, I could delete Word off

Re: [tdf-discuss] Enhancement Request: Comment Ranges

2011-06-13 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Thorsten, all! Am Sonntag, den 12.06.2011, 17:21 +0200 schrieb Thorsten Behrens: > Christoph Noack wrote: > > Mmh, I'm CCing Thorsten who may know whether/how this could be turned > > into some easy/advanced/serious hack ... Since I'm currently not that > > activ

Re: [tdf-discuss] Enhancement Request: Comment Ranges

2011-06-12 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Kazar! Am Samstag, den 11.06.2011, 20:09 -0400 schrieb adept techlists - kazar: > Christoph Noack wrote: > > Quite some time ago, I defined the corresponding behavior so that it > > matches which the today's notes. > > > > The visual design: > > ht

Re: [tdf-discuss] Enhancement Request: Comment Ranges

2011-06-11 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Charles, hi Cor! Am Samstag, den 11.06.2011, 01:50 +0200 schrieb Cor Nouws: > Charles Jenkins wrote (10-06-11 20:03) > > In LibreOffice, it appears that comments always have zero length. > > I would have sworn I had seen it with a selection somewhere. > But maybe it only was on the old OOo wik

Re: [tdf-discuss] Vote for Enhancement

2011-05-10 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Rainer, just a short comment - the idea is great, and I hope people will start to love this page :-) Within the OOo User Experience team, we've collected other ideas how to gather feedback - maybe interesting for you as well: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Idea_Handling

Re: [tdf-discuss] Feature Request: Capitalizing Letters:

2011-04-06 Thread Christoph Noack
(or: "Rotate case"). Does this help? Cheers, Christoph > ljelly. > > On 07/04/2011, at 6:53 AM, Christoph Noack wrote: > > > Hi Jonathan! > > > > Am Mittwoch, den 06.04.2011, 12:40 + schrieb toki: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >

Re: [tdf-discuss] Feature Request: Capitalizing Letters:

2011-04-06 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Jonathan! Am Mittwoch, den 06.04.2011, 12:40 + schrieb toki: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/04/2011 07:59, lj wrote: > > Capitalizing Letters in LibreOffice. > > ">Format >Change Case" > Options are: > * Sentence Case; > * Lower Case; > * Upper Case; > * Capit

Re: [tdf-discuss] Get and appove: recommended Soundfile pronouncing "LibreOffice"

2011-03-30 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Friedrich, all! Sorry for joining so late ... I browsed through the thread and here are some comments from my side. Am Mittwoch, den 30.03.2011, 21:23 +0200 schrieb Friedrich Strohmaier: > Hi all, > > Friedrich Strohmaier schrieb: > > [..] > > > My proposal: > > lets collect proposals for

Re: [tdf-discuss] PinterSettins are no longer persistent (windows)

2011-03-10 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Fernand, some weeks ago I spoke with some guys at OOo and they know this problem. Because of your mail, I did a quick search both at the OOo issue tracker and the LibreOffice issue tracker. The only information (related to that) is: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33639 So please

Re: [steering-discuss] Approval of our Trademark Policy

2011-03-02 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Charles, thanks for the effort - besides the stuff already mentioned ... some less "legal", but rather "understandability" related comments: * Understandability: Most of the tdf mail addresses refer to mailing lists, but "le...@documentfoundation.org" is "just" a normal m

Notes Printing (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Printing)

2011-02-28 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Zaphod, you are right ... this is one of the most demanded features for Writer (as far as I know). So it is already contained in my small list of proposed EasyHacks for the development. Now the downside - I wasn't able to work on this list since two weeks ... but I hope to propose these list to

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: table tool bar keep open

2011-02-22 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Rick! Am Dienstag, den 22.02.2011, 09:56 +0200 schrieb Avraham Hanadari: > By the way, hard to believe that this is a feature. Were that the > case, in my opinion, it would appear as an option to have a given > toolbar be permanent or just appear when the curser was in a certain > place. Well

Re: [tdf-discuss] OpenOffice.org articles in Linux Format March 2011

2011-02-11 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Kevin! Am Freitag, den 11.02.2011, 15:35 -0500 schrieb Kevin Hunter: > > How fast do they WANT it to load? Both those times compare VERY > > favourably with MS Office and in fact on Windows OO is FASTER then > MS > > Office for the above reason. > > The short answer is that the quickstarter do

Re: [tdf-discuss] the Meaning of "access" in manifesto

2011-02-08 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Johannes! Am Dienstag, den 08.02.2011, 23:12 +0100 schrieb Johannes A. Bodwing: > > The manifesto should rather be our guiding principle - not so much a > > cookbook ;-) In the case above, I assume the local marketing teams > will > > figure out a way to distribute LibreOffice ... to suit the n

Re: [tdf-discuss] the Meaning of "access" in manifesto

2011-02-08 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Johannes, having monitored the discussion on the German list as well :-) Am Dienstag, den 08.02.2011, 22:28 +0100 schrieb Johannes A. Bodwing: > Hello, > > what does "access" mean in the manifesto: "to eliminate the digital > divide in society by giving everyone access to office productivity

Re: Alternative communication platform (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Best time for Conference Calls)

2011-02-03 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Michael! Am Donnerstag, den 03.02.2011, 19:11 +0930 schrieb Michael Wheatland: > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:44 AM, Christoph Noack > wrote: > ... > > Enough ranting ... you may remember that I talked about an open platform > > that provides text, voice, video, white

Alternative communication platform (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Best time for Conference Calls)

2011-02-02 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Michael, all! Am Donnerstag, den 03.02.2011, 03:28 +0930 schrieb Michael Wheatland: > > Is Talkyoo a free service? This would allow others to establish > accounts and host calls. > The alternative is Skype, which I am a BIG fan of, which now supports > group calling. Although I cannot answer

[tdf-discuss] Design Team Kick-Off Step 2: Current Status of Work and Collaboration

2011-01-31 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi all, this mail announces the second step of our official Design Team Kick-Off. It is about what we've done so far, and how we did it - thus, it aims to get everybody "on track" who is interested to join, or to collaborate. Current Status of Work and Collaboration: http://wiki.documentfoundatio

Re: [tdf-discuss] Best time for Conference Calls

2011-01-30 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Italo, hi Michael! Am Sonntag, den 30.01.2011, 12:21 +0100 schrieb Italo Vignoli: > On 01/30/2011 09:05 AM, Michael Wheatland wrote: > > > Might I suggest That we move the times earlier in the day to around > > 1200-1400 GMT. > > Hi Michael, for me, this would make the conference calls access

[tdf-discuss] Invitiation: Kicking-Off the LibreOffice Design Team

2011-01-23 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi all! Note: If you want to read this message in both color and grayscale, then click on the link below. If you are happy using black/white only, then please go on :-) http://luxate.blogspot.com/2011/01/invitiation-kicking-off-libreoffice.html In our recent discussions, we became aware that it i

Re: [tdf-discuss] Feature request for LibreOffice Impress

2011-01-22 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Chynte! Am Samstag, den 22.01.2011, 22:13 +0100 schrieb Chynte: > Hi, > after following this mailing list for a while, today I want to ask for > your opinion about two features I miss in Impress. > > The first feature is linked to the custom slide shows. [...] > The problem is, that the autom

Re: [steering-discuss] libreoffice.org e-mail accounts

2011-01-14 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi all! Am Freitag, den 14.01.2011, 20:45 +0100 schrieb Italo Vignoli: > On 1/14/11 8:21 PM, Olivier Hallot wrote: > > > So, nickn...@libreoffice.org > > > Leave the mail for TDF oficials as @documetnfoundation.org > > I totally agree with Olivier. Just to make the concept stronger, and > to pr

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibreOffice version for Android platform

2011-01-14 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Tom! Am Mittwoch, den 12.01.2011, 22:00 + schrieb Tom Tasche: [... OpenOffice Document Reader for Android ...] > As you can see, I don't feel very comfortable with this > mailing list... ;) Well, maybe you feel more comfortable when I say "downloaded your app and looking forward to do

Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: [tdf-discuss] Using free, open microblogging

2011-01-14 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Sophie, Italo, Charles, David, Ivan, ... *! Am Mittwoch, den 12.01.2011, 14:58 +0300 schrieb Sophie Gautier: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Charles-H. Schulz > wrote: > > Le Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:44:50 +0100, > > Italo Vignoli a écrit : > > > >> On 1/12/11 10:38 AM, David Nelson wrote: > >>

Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: [tdf-discuss] Using free, open microblogging

2011-01-11 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi David! Am Mittwoch, den 12.01.2011, 06:37 +0800 schrieb David Nelson: > Hi, :-) > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 06:31, Christoph Noack > wrote: > > No need to trigger that ... it is available :-) > > > > Thanks to Florian, Drew, ... and many others: > > http:/

Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: [tdf-discuss] Using free, open microblogging

2011-01-11 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi David, all! David, thanks for the answer ... Am Mittwoch, den 12.01.2011, 06:19 +0800 schrieb David Nelson: > Hi, :-) > > Ivan and I discussed the choice between a Twitter widget on the home > page, and an identi.ca widget, when we were working together last > week, ultimately deciding on a T

Re: [tdf-discuss] Using free, open microblogging

2011-01-11 Thread Christoph Noack
H Fabián, all! Forwarding this to the website list as well ... it is about offering an open alternative to Twitter on the start page. Please read Fabián's suggestion. I agree with that, that we should prefer the open alternatives ... There is already a group, you find it on the TDF website [1], s

Re: [tdf-discuss] LO 3.3 RC 2 - Colour for insert columns and rows in Writer

2011-01-11 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Johannes, hi Christophe! Am Donnerstag, den 06.01.2011, 17:48 +0100 schrieb Christophe Strobbe: > At 10:45 3/01/2011, Johannes A. Bodwing wrote: > >it's about a table in writer and the icons to insert columns and rows. > >The colour now is yellow. I find it not a good choice because it's a > >

Off-topic (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Download libreoffice button in new LibreOffice website)

2011-01-10 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Christian! Am Montag, den 10.01.2011, 19:38 +0100 schrieb Christian Lohmaier: > "use the source" :-) "Make it so!" :-) Great, just great! Cheers, Christoph -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/d

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Gallery -- toggle off/on

2010-12-31 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Marc, some additional remarks to those by Regina (Thanks!). The reason for not having a "x"-button to close some of the window is, that the source code and the interaction concepts are very old. Just look at the "selection" decoration - looks quite dated ... In comparison, the task panes in Imp

Re: [steering-discuss] poll on next confcall

2010-12-06 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Florian, all, I added my "votes". But just for the record - I just got the information that I'll be on a business trip during the second half of the week (being offline). Moreover, we get several "furniture deliveries" the days after. Thus, there won't be that much time in general :-( Cheers,

Re: next SC call TOMORROW (was: Re: [steering-discuss] poll on next SC confcall)

2010-12-01 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi all! Am Mittwoch, den 01.12.2010, 10:22 +0100 schrieb Florian Effenberger: > the next confcall will be TOMORROW, Thursday, at 1900 UTC. See > http://www.doodle.com/aerzqaxtwydrg9w4 for your local date and time. Again, I'm sorry for being unable to join ... I'll enjoy our Christmas Party withi

[steering-discuss] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] missing tomorrow's marketing call

2010-11-30 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Florian! I'm sorry as well ... since my day job is kind of insane at the moment (the amount of things to do, not the job itself *g*), I'm unable to say that I will be available that time. Thus, may anybody else be able to host the call? Am Dienstag, den 30.11.2010, 20:26 +0100 schrieb Florian

a bit off-topic (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] accessibility mailing list)

2010-11-30 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Christophe, hi Jonathon! Am Dienstag, den 30.11.2010, 11:42 +0100 schrieb Christophe Strobbe: > Hi, > > At 18:13 29/11/2010, jonathon wrote: > >On 11/29/2010 02:14 PM, Friedrich Strohmaier wrote: > >(...) > > >It's only solution is to get Your tools and Your communication > > partners help Yo

Re: [tdf-discuss] accessibility mailing list

2010-11-29 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Florian, after reading some of the replies, I still need to sort that out ;-) Am Montag, den 29.11.2010, 12:51 +0100 schrieb Florian Effenberger: > > Because of the missing working space for accessibility issues, I > already > added that topic to the "Design" wiki page draft some days > ago [1

Re: [tdf-discuss] Survey: Usage of LibreOffice components

2010-11-28 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Sebastian! Am Sonntag, den 28.11.2010, 19:09 +0100 schrieb Sebastian G. : > I'd like to know which components are most used and maybe why others are > not. If you used OpenOffice before you can include your usage data as well. I hope it's allowed to add other's peoples usage data ;-) http://

Re: [tdf-discuss] accessibility mailing list

2010-11-28 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Florian! Am Sonntag, den 28.11.2010, 12:01 +0100 schrieb Florian Effenberger: > Hi, > > on yesterday's LinuxDay in Austria, the request for a separate > accessibility mailing list came up. Sorry to ask - but who asked? :-) It is a great sign, since this topic is very important and requires q

Re: [steering-discuss] moderators mailing list needed?

2010-11-25 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Flo! Am Donnerstag, den 25.11.2010, 11:47 +0100 schrieb Florian Effenberger: > Hi, > > do we need a mailing list for the moderators of all lists? I want to > avoid too many lists, but right now, it would be extremely helpful to > reach all mailing list reponsible people with one e-mail, so I

Re: [tdf-discuss] Version Numbers?

2010-11-22 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Sean, since it is a bit hard for me to find the right place to "jump in", here some decision on the version numbers question - the Steering Committee discussed that some weeks ago. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Steering_Committee_Meetings#Version_Numbering_Scheme_for_LibreOffice: Hop

Re: [steering-discuss] next SC call on Saturday

2010-11-17 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi all! I'm sorry, but I won't make it. We'll have some family party "outside" ... which means no internet access. But - this is the good side - traveling will require some time. So I can (maybe) work on the stack of oh-so-long delayed things :-) Cheers, Christoph Am Mittwoch, den 17.11.2010, 2

Re: [tdf-discuss] Wiki heading styles need numbering

2010-11-17 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Nino, hi David! Am Mittwoch, den 17.11.2010, 13:16 +0100 schrieb Nino Novak: > On Wednesday 17 November 2010 12:58, David Nelson wrote: > > > I'd like to suggest that the wiki should be reconfigured so that > > headings show numbering. It would make content on pages much easier > > to refer to

Using Tango (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] New Icon theme set)

2010-11-16 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi all! Am Dienstag, den 16.11.2010, 20:27 +1300 schrieb Graham Lauder: > I agree the tango set is great however it is already shipped with OOo > and > LibreO as an option. (Tools>options>LibreOffice> View>Icon size and > style) > However I admit that I would like to see tango as the default.

Inkscape vs. Draw (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Apply button)

2010-11-14 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Ian, just a few thoughts ... some other topics made my spare time reserve disappear :-) Am Sonntag, den 14.11.2010, 20:30 + schrieb Ian Lynch: > > >From my point-of-view, this is different. Inkscape is a graphic tool > > that is used by experienced designers. We may assume that those guys

Re: [tdf-discuss] Apply button

2010-11-14 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Ian! Am Sonntag, den 14.11.2010, 17:34 + schrieb Ian Lynch: > > Concerning the dialog - yes, it might help. But if an "Apply" button > > gets added, then - in perceived 99% of all cases - the dialog will > just > hide the object that gets transformed. > > Just move the dialogue to the side

Re: [tdf-discuss] FreeDesktop Bugzilla

2010-11-14 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Michel! Am Samstag, den 13.11.2010, 18:01 -0500 schrieb Michel Gagnon: > Le 2010-11-12 22:20, Duane a écrit : > > On 11/12/2010 06:43 PM, Michel Gagnon wrote: > >> > >> I don't know about others, but I, for one, NEVER send those automated > >> crash reports. It feels a bit like big brother watc

Re: [tdf-discuss] Apply button

2010-11-14 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Ian, hi RGB ES (???)! During the analysis of special use cases within the Renaissance project, this has been one of the TOP10 issues. But, the basic idea behind this dialog is different (tweaking). The software misses an efficient tool to set the position of objects easily. Partly, this is add

Re: [tdf-discuss] FreeDesktop Bugzilla

2010-11-13 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Johannes! Am Samstag, den 13.11.2010, 10:05 +0100 schrieb Johannes Bausch: [WinXP Crash Report Example] > better: > * ask the user once at the beginning if he wants to report crashes and > list the information THERE > * NEVER include things like the current program's memory page dump or > som

OOoCon 2010 Talk (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] FreeDesktop Bugzilla)

2010-11-12 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Charles! Am Freitag, den 12.11.2010, 07:43 -0500 schrieb Charles Marcus: > On 2010-11-12 6:01 AM, Michael Meeks wrote: > > Perhaps we want a simple hash in addition to that - that combines > > vendor, version, platform, and so on - and that we demand - so we > can > > detect wrong values that p

Re: [tdf-discuss] FreeDesktop Bugzilla

2010-11-11 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Michael, all! Am Donnerstag, den 11.11.2010, 21:34 + schrieb Michael Meeks: > > As I have advocated in the past (on this and the OOo list), I would > > suggest a two-tiered system - a simple bug reporting page for end > users, > > So - I suggest we create a wizard / web flow for bu

Re: [tdf-discuss] FreeDesktop Bugzilla

2010-11-11 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Ben, all! Just to add my 0.02 Euro Cent ... You mail fits very well to what I would like to comment, therefore I picked "you". Am Donnerstag, den 11.11.2010, 07:55 -0800 schrieb BRM: > - Original Message > > > From: Charles Marcus > > To: discuss@documentfoundation.org > > Sent: Th

Re: [tdf-discuss] where do i submit bugs?

2010-11-06 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Frank! Am Samstag, den 06.11.2010, 09:37 -0500 schrieb Frank Esposito: > Although I have been a OO user for many years, I never really cared about > the development of the project because I thought Sun would never listen to > just one person. Then when Oracle bought Sun, I gave up on the produc

LibO Idea Handling (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: [tdf-discuss] priorising feature-requests [was: LO mobile phone version])

2010-11-05 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Ian, all! Before I start - I cross-post this mail to both disc...@tdf and webs...@libo, because I think it could be helpful to collect some requirements concerning the future web infrastructure. For answers, please use the original thread at disc...@tdf. Thanks! The issue: There has been a pro

Re: [tdf-discuss] Accessibility (was Java dependency)

2010-11-03 Thread Christoph Noack
ked like to a person that was colour blind. My colour blind palette > > only covers the "websafe color palette". None of the colours are in that > > palette. > > Good thinking; it would be great to ping Christoph Noack on that > presumably he has thought at least

Usability Issues (Re: [tdf-discuss] LibreOffice UI should be tweaked, not reinvented)

2010-11-03 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi T.J. and all the others! Discussing things like tweaking and re-inventing, I forgot about the good defaults and all the things we can do right now. Moreover, Michael pointed towards his "Easy Hacks" developers page that currently lacks some usability stuff [1]. Time to change that? What is cur

Re: [tdf-discuss] LibreOffice UI should be tweaked, not reinvented

2010-11-03 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Gianluca! Am Mittwoch, den 03.11.2010, 09:01 +0100 schrieb Gianluca Turconi: > And, as a 10 years OOo user, I usually don't talk about concepts > (theory), but about productivity (reality). Cool! We are definitively on the same side. What counts is usability and productivity ... it is less a

Re: [tdf-discuss] LibreOffice UI should be tweaked, not reinvented

2010-11-02 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi T.J.! Am Dienstag, den 02.11.2010, 16:27 -0500 schrieb T. J. Brumfield: > Restructuring the menus isn't the massive drastic change many people have > talked about. I'm fine with restructuring the menus, and encourage it. > However, all the Renaissance mock-ups/prototypes I've seen seem to mimic

Re: [steering-discuss] Version numbering of LibO

2010-11-02 Thread Christoph Noack
Am Dienstag, den 02.11.2010, 14:57 +0100 schrieb Andre Schnabel: > I'd rather continue OOo version number schema for the moment. [...] > We might work on this for future versions - and maybe we even must > work on this, in case LibreOffice and OOo diverge a lot. +1 for both, so to say :-) Cheers

Re: [tdf-discuss] LibreOffice UI should be tweaked, not reinvented

2010-11-02 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi T.J.! Am Dienstag, den 02.11.2010, 13:05 -0500 schrieb T. J. Brumfield: > > I truly believe the current approach works and should be maintained, > but > improved. There might be some slight tweaks in how the menus are > organized. > Toolbar defaults might be optimized. And the overall UI could

Re: [tdf-discuss] LibO program icon brainstorming

2010-10-29 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Ivan, thanks for the cleanup! And ... Am Samstag, den 30.10.2010, 11:01 +1300 schrieb Ivan M.: > Hi all, > > The number of proposals has grown considerably enough to (IMO) justify > their own page, so I have moved the proposals to the Branding section > of the marketing wiki: > http://wiki.do

Re: [tdf-discuss] [UI] Splash screen

2010-10-29 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Ivan, Mirek, all! I really would like to overcome my previous "telegram" style messages and to focus on topics like that I'm very much interested in. Sadly, time is still very limited, so (a bit late) a big thank you to all who invest a lot of time to shape these ideas (some of these are great,

Re: [tdf-discuss] [UI] Splash screen

2010-10-28 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Mirek! Am Donnerstag, den 28.10.2010, 18:42 +0200 schrieb Mirek M.: > Hi everyone, > Here's my proposal on how to replace the splash screen: > http://clickortap.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/splash/. Here are some similar proposals that have been collected for the OOo StartCenter quite some time a

Re: [tdf-discuss] Better defaults

2010-10-28 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Sveinn! Am Donnerstag, den 28.10.2010, 07:52 + schrieb Sveinn í Felli: > > Anyway, I think also that a request of registration during > installation [...] > > +1 > > Maybe such a popup, asking whether one would like to > register and/or send usage data, should be activated a bit > later

Re: [tdf-discuss] Better defaults

2010-10-24 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Marc! Am Sonntag, den 24.10.2010, 11:40 -0400 schrieb Marc Paré: > > > Another example: do you know anyone that use the "send by email" > > button? Most possible receivers nowadays still use msoffice so using > > that button have the only effect that new users come to forums > asking > > why t

Yellow Color Idea (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] LibO program icon brainstorming)

2010-10-23 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Jonathon! Am Samstag, den 23.10.2010, 09:33 + schrieb jonathon: > On 10/22/2010 10:15 PM, Christoph Noack wrote: > > > And by the way: I also included "yellow color idea" and updated the > > proposal which is based on your proposal ... > > a) What are t

Re: [tdf-discuss] LibO program icon brainstorming

2010-10-22 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Bernhard! Am Samstag, den 23.10.2010, 00:05 +0200 schrieb Bernhard Dippold: > and added it as first item to the Branding Sandbox I just created: > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/index.php?title=Marketing/Branding/Sandbox&action=submit > Thanks for creating it, but I have been a bit faste

[tdf-discuss] [SC] Meeting Minutes 2010-10-20 Available

2010-10-21 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi everyone, the most recent Steering Committee meeting minutes are available: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Steering_Committee_Meetings#Minutes_2010-10-20 Agenda 2010-10-20: * Update on: get discussion about community structure started (how to define members?) * Web

RE: [tdf-discuss] A copy of MSOffice

2010-10-19 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi! Am Dienstag, den 19.10.2010, 19:35 +0800 schrieb Xi Embalsado: > > Basically, you NEED to change the UI itself. According to what I've > watched in the Renaissance project of OpenOffice.org, they will try a > UI that will look like the Ribbon but a more dynamic strip of UI above > and below t

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi all! Am Dienstag, den 19.10.2010, 11:29 +0200 schrieb Stefan Weigel: > > Very little response so far. My personal reason why I didn´t > respond: 100% accordance. +1 (but I will continue to think about that...) > ;-) +1 ;-) Cheers, Christoph -- E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation

Website Improvements (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.)

2010-10-19 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Jean, I just returned from work ... and after checking my mails this morning, there are about 250 new ones. So please bear with me if somebody already proposed something which is similar. I answer this mail first, because one of Jean's mails was "sticking" in my head this morning. Am Dienstag,

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Roxy, all! Am Montag, den 18.10.2010, 10:08 -0500 schrieb Roxy Robinson: > All concerns seem to be around the foundation, not the software and > its users Short answer: Yes. And no. Long answer ... The concerns are the foundation, the software and its users. But how to satisfy user needs

Re: [tdf-discuss] A copy of MSOffice

2010-10-18 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi David! Am Sonntag, den 17.10.2010, 23:32 +0200 schrieb David Filskov: > Sure - that's cool. I was merely thinking the Sun developers might > have seen their goal as beiong to mimic MS office rather than create > something better. "What is better" really depends on the point-of-view. Is it bett

Re: [tdf-discuss] UI proposal

2010-10-15 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi all! I just "picked" one mail in this UI proposal thread, since many comments after the initial mail seem to lead to further questions ... or let's say "lonely catchwords" that don't lead to answers (to me) ;-) Am Freitag, den 15.10.2010, 16:07 +0800 schrieb David Nelson: > Hi Mirek, :-) Also

Re: [tdf-discuss] I like the name LibreOffice

2010-10-12 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Friedrich! Am Dienstag, den 12.10.2010, 23:01 +0200 schrieb Friedrich Strohmaier: > Finally there will be several flavors of pronunciation - and good > moments if they meat each other! :o)) I hope this was just a typo ;-))) Cheers, Christoph -- To unsubscribe, e-mai

Re: [tdf-discuss] I like the name LibreOffice

2010-10-11 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Jean! Am Samstag, den 09.10.2010, 07:18 +1000 schrieb Jean Hollis Weber: > Christoph, > How do I get listed? Just ask here to be added? Or is there someplace > on the page that I missed? :-) > http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/newsite/?feed=rss2 I forwarded your request and somebody (Flo

[tdf-discuss] Why green? (Blog Posting Advertisement)

2010-10-10 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi everyone, just to do some selfish promotion with regard to our "growing" planet ... if you are interested in knowing "Why green?" (blue, maroon, purple), then have a look at: http://planet.documentfoundation.org/ And since the world (planet) moves on, here is the direct link to the blog postin

Re: [tdf-discuss] I like the name LibreOffice

2010-10-08 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Jean! Am Freitag, den 08.10.2010, 06:28 +1000 schrieb Jean Hollis Weber: > It's okay with me! I wrote a blog post too (in addition to my note to > the list), but it's nice to be quoted in someone else's blog. :-) > > http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/newsite/?p=1213 Sorry, I didn't notic

Re: [tdf-discuss] Proposal for a more updated and modern standard icon theme.

2010-10-08 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Todd! Am Freitag, den 08.10.2010, 11:29 -0400 schrieb todd rme: > This may be a silly question, by why do you need an icon theme at all? > Wouldn't you normally want to use the native icon theme if at all > possible? Or are there platforms that do not provide native themes? I hope that I un

Re: [tdf-discuss] Proposal for a more updated and modern standard icon theme.

2010-10-08 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Olav, just a short note concerning the icons - yes, icons are a very visible way of changing the look and the overall appearance of the office suite. I also hope that we will be possible to have some coordinated effort to improve them - e.g. why not partner with the Tango3 team? However, please

Re: [tdf-discuss] tech team for tdf communication services

2010-10-08 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Friedrich, A short mobile answer: I propose that you subscribe to the website mailing list. There, such topics waren / will be handled. Cheers, Christoph Florian Effenberger schrieb: >Hi Friedrich, > >Am 08.10.2010 um 11:36 schrieb Friedrich Strohmaier: > >> I wonder who does all the work

Re: [tdf-discuss] I like the name LibreOffice

2010-10-07 Thread Christoph Noack
2010 19:26:21 +0200 > Christoph Noack wrote: [...] > Am Donnerstag, den 07.10.2010, 18:42 +0200 schrieb Klaus Doblmann: > > > Ordinary people have just > > > started to recognise the "brand" OpenOffice, it might take them years > > > to adapt to a

Re: [tdf-discuss] I like the name LibreOffice

2010-10-07 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Klaus, please don't mind that I respond to your mail ;-) Am Donnerstag, den 07.10.2010, 18:42 +0200 schrieb Klaus Doblmann: > Ordinary people have just > started to recognise the "brand" OpenOffice, it might take them years > to adapt to a new name. Some minor correction - either "OpenOffice

Re: US Group Status ( was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Media contact for the USA )

2010-10-07 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Drew, hi all, first, I'm really looking forward to see some more activity for LibreOffice in the US :-) Am Donnerstag, den 07.10.2010, 12:00 -0400 schrieb Drew Jensen: > Note for instance the name of the ML that will open US-Events, because > when we get to talking about things that will happe

Re: [tdf-discuss] Where are the icons of LibreOffice?

2010-10-06 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi "theuserbl" (first or last name? *g*)! Am Mittwoch, den 06.10.2010, 19:32 + schrieb theUser BL: > Hi! > > Where are the LibreOffice pictures/images in the downloadable tar-archive? If you refer to the source code, maybe this helps: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/artwork/ Here yo

Re: [tdf-discuss] [WEBSITE] Improvements for the wiki?

2010-10-06 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Nino! I try to add some thoughts to better understand what my intention is. Skipping the Wiki discussion a bit and go to ... Am Mittwoch, den 06.10.2010, 11:45 +0200 schrieb Nino Novak: [...] > > > A wiki is a wiki is a wiki - so just set one up and let it > > > self-organize. Do not define to

Move and ... Re: [tdf-discuss] [WEBSITE] Improvements for the wiki?

2010-10-06 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Benjamin, all, thanks for your kind offer! But before I continue - many of you may have noticed that we know have some dedicated website mailing list. It is meant for coordination of all the web presence stuff like the Website, the Wiki, the Planet, ... So I propose to continue our discussion t

Re: [tdf-discuss] [WEBSITE] Improvements for the wiki?

2010-10-05 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Nino! Am Dienstag, den 05.10.2010, 10:08 +0200 schrieb Nino Novak: [...] > On Monday 04 October 2010 23:54, Christoph Noack wrote: > > > ... > > Step forward, and share your thoughts, > > too, please! But how to get started ... I mean ... without a wiki to > > d

Re: [tdf-discuss] [WEBSITE] Improvements for the wiki?

2010-10-05 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Benjamin, I'm sorry for answering your second mail first ... I totally missed this one. So to make it easy for me, thank you very much for this (your) introduction ... and also the hint "Foswiki". I'm those guys who will set up the wiki technically, will have a look at it (just for the record:

Re: [tdf-discuss] [WEBSITE] Improvements for the wiki?

2010-10-05 Thread Christoph Noack
Documentation (Wiki) and the "do the work" wiki. > * Foswiki > http://foswiki.org/Home/WebHome Mmh, din't knew that. Thanks! Benjamin, thanks for the comments ... most appreciated! Christoph > > Cheers, > > > > just my 2 Cents: > > > > On M

Re: [tdf-discuss] [WEBSITE] Improvements for the wiki?

2010-10-05 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Regina, nice to have you on this list ... and thanks for your helpful statements. So just a few comments ... Am Dienstag, den 05.10.2010, 19:27 +0200 schrieb Regina Henschel: [...] > (1) > When starting a new Wiki it is essential to determine the license from > the very beginning and it must

Re: [tdf-discuss] TDF and KOffice

2010-10-05 Thread Christoph Noack
> But people work together at several levels. E.g KOffice and people > from TDF both work on ODF standard conformance. Christoph Noack had several > talks with KOffice people regarding UX related work (although they > have much better technical options that we have, they face simi

Re: [tdf-discuss] New name

2010-10-05 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Friedrich, hi Andy! Am Dienstag, den 05.10.2010, 23:55 +0200 schrieb Friedrich Strohmaier: > >Indeed :-) But then we have to ask Graham, whether he is so kind to > > tell us where to find Martin's mail. > > I think Andy expects - like I do - that Oracle one of the big > companies > worldwide i

Re: [tdf-discuss] User participation - bugtracking

2010-10-05 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi all, what an interesting topic ... Am Montag, den 04.10.2010, 13:20 -0300 schrieb Roman Gelbort: > El 02/10/10 17:07, Friedrich Strohmaier escribió: > > I heavily support this idea. I also saw different bugtracking systems. > > None of them can serve users, because all are developer tools to m

Re: [tdf-discuss] [MAILING LIST] interim structuring - a proposal

2010-10-05 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Thorsten, just a few comments ... that may go on forever ;-) Am Montag, den 04.10.2010, 23:10 +0200 schrieb Thorsten Behrens: > Christoph Noack wrote: > > > > Ideally, I want QA folks to take notice if the Devs start debating > > > > details of specific features,

Re: [tdf-discuss] New name

2010-10-05 Thread Christoph Noack
Good evening Graham! Am Dienstag, den 05.10.2010, 19:24 +1300 schrieb Graham Lauder: > Thorsten, Charles and Christoph, please accept abject apologies. I > shall now go hide in a hole somewheres. Oh, please do not :-) I owe you a lot of respect to state this here, really. Vice versa, please (ev

Re: [tdf-discuss] New name

2010-10-05 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Andy! Am Montag, den 04.10.2010, 17:03 -0700 schrieb Andy Brown: > On Mon Oct 04 2010 16:29:37 GMT-0700 (PDT) Christoph Noack wrote: > > Am Montag, den 04.10.2010, 16:10 -0700 schrieb Andy Brown: > >> On Mon Oct 04 2010 15:12:06 GMT-0700 (PDT) Christoph Noack wrote: &g

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