[users] Re: OpenOffice 3.0: disabling the opening switchboard or app chooser

2008-11-18 Thread Jim Allan
jonathon wrote: Some people, like me, keep OOo open, but without any documents open. For those people, the switchboard is a nuisance, because it requires that one open, then close a document, to get rid of the switchboard. Under Linux, can’t you click on the X in the upper right-hand corner

[users] Re: OpenOffice 3.0: disabling the opening switchboard or app chooser

2008-11-18 Thread NoOp
On 11/18/2008 08:50 AM, jonathon wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:21, James Knott wrote: What's to disable? If you don't want that function, use a different icon. Some people, like me, keep OOo open, but without any documents open. For those people, the switchboard is a nuisance,

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice 3.0: disabling the opening switchboard or app chooser

2008-11-18 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 01:16, Rob Clement wrote: NoOp wrote: On 11/17/2008 02:03 AM, Manfred J. Krause wrote: [snip] In addition to Brian's clear explanation - (1) User Experience/StartCenter http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User_Experience/StartCenter (2) Issue 90815

[users] Re: OpenOffice 3.0: disabling the opening switchboard or app chooser

2008-11-18 Thread NoOp
On 11/18/2008 02:24 PM, Manfred J. Krause wrote: Hi, On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 01:16, Rob Clement wrote: Personally I like the new menu screen but for those that do not maybe there should be an option to switch it off. I agree with that. And the issue type of issue 90815 isn't a defect

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice 3.0: disabling the opening switchboard or app chooser

2008-11-18 Thread Manfred J. Krause
Hi, On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 23:28, NoOp wrote: On 11/18/2008 02:24 PM, Manfred J. Krause wrote: On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 01:16, Rob Clement wrote: Personally I like the new menu screen but for those that do not maybe there should be an option to switch it off. I agree with that. And the

[users] Re: OpenOffice 3.0: disabling the opening switchboard or app chooser

2008-11-18 Thread Twayne
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:21, James Knott wrote: What's to disable? If you don't want that function, use a different icon. Some people, like me, keep OOo open, but without any documents open. For those people, the switchboard is a nuisance, because it requires that one open, then close

[users] Re: OpenOffice 3.0: disabling the opening switchboard or app chooser

2008-11-17 Thread Twayne
Drew Jensen wrote: From: john d. herron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] When you launch OpenOffice.org 3.0, the first thing that appears is a switchboard, i.e. a dialog box with icons that allow the user to open an application or document of his choice. My question: does anyone know whether there

[users] Re: OpenOffice 3.0: disabling the opening switchboard or app chooser

2008-11-17 Thread NoOp
On 11/17/2008 02:03 AM, Manfred J. Krause wrote: [snip] In addition to Brian's clear explanation - (1) User Experience/StartCenter http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User_Experience/StartCenter (2) Issue 90815 [StartCenter] Provide configuration option to deactivate StartCenter

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice 3.0: disabling the opening switchboard or app chooser

2008-11-17 Thread Rob Clement
NoOp wrote: On 11/17/2008 02:03 AM, Manfred J. Krause wrote: [snip] In addition to Brian's clear explanation - (1) User Experience/StartCenter http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/User_Experience/StartCenter (2) Issue 90815 [StartCenter] Provide configuration option to deactivate

[users] Re: OpenOffice 3.0: disabling the opening switchboard or app chooser

2008-11-17 Thread NoOp
On 11/17/2008 04:16 PM, Rob Clement wrote: NoOp wrote: I guess I'm missing the reason for the bug/issue; if you open 'soffice' in 2.4.x you get a blank start page, whereas in 3.0 you get a very nice 'StartCenter'. This is what people kept complaining about -- no desktop icon etc., and now

[users] Re: OpenOffice 3.0: disabling the opening switchboard or app chooser

2008-11-16 Thread Russell Butler
Drew Jensen wrote: From: john d. herron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] When you launch OpenOffice.org 3.0, the first thing that appears is a switchboard, i.e. a dialog box with icons that allow the user to open an application or document of his choice. My question: does anyone know whether there

[users] Re: OpenOffice 3.0: disabling the opening switchboard or app chooser

2008-11-16 Thread Russell Butler
Russell Butler wrote: Drew Jensen wrote: From: john d. herron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] When you launch OpenOffice.org 3.0, the first thing that appears is a switchboard, i.e. a dialog box with icons that allow the user to open an application or document of his choice. My question: does

Re: [users] Re: OpenOffice 3.0: disabling the opening switchboard or app chooser

2008-11-16 Thread Drew Jensen
Sorry to respond to myself, but on my system (gentoo/kde - using rpm binary install) if I put in my panel button the command line option -nosplash it will open a blank writer document. That's true and maybe I misunderstood what you wanted to accomplish.