[libreoffice-users] Feature Suggestion

Having played with a long and highly structured document on LibO for the last few days… the 
following is a feature I'd like to suggest… for what it is worth.

Currently the styles sidebar/window lists the styles in plain text.

Both MS Word and Apple Pages (the other two word processors I have on hand) display the styles in 
their actual format. It makes it much easier to work with styles, because without this visual cue 
one has to use rather long styles names to make it clear what the style is. This applies especially 
to long documents that require a wide variety of styles.

The only other thought that comes to mind is that a bit of polish on the various icons throughout 
would give it much greater visual appeal, I think. I've been using Open Office for about 4 years 
now and it still looks the same as it did when I first started using it. Obviously this has no 
impact on functionality, yet I do think that many people are drawn to use apps with visual appeal, 
over one that lacks it. I suspect in the minds of many people, there is also an association between 
an application looking "current" (as opposed to outdated) and them getting the impression an 
application is likely to be up-to-date with regards to features and technology. So in terms of 
increasing the popularity I think modernising the bling on the icons, etc., would positively impact 
migration to LibreOffice. Right now Word 2011 for Mac, and Pages 09 for mac make LibreOffice look 
like its an application from the 90's. I mean no disrespect by this, as actually I find the 
feature-set/functionality of LibreOffice to be ahead of these commercial apps in many ways… which 
is why I have stuck with it (and its predecessors) for some years now.

With thanks,


Jonathan

On 29/01/2011, at 10:49 PM, Tom Davies wrote:

> Hi :)
>
> I think there is a group working at implementing something like the 
> "brainstorming" idea of Ubuntu but i think Drupal might have a better 
> implementation so i think they are going that route.
>
> Anyway, it is a good idea and is being worked on already!  Until then Cor's 
> advice is best.  Just post to this list and see how it goes.  We might be able 
> to point you to a more relevant list depending on what the idea is.
>
> Good luck and regards from
> Tom :)
>
> ________________________________
> From: Cor Nouws <oolst@nouenoff.nl>
> To: users@libreoffice.org
> Sent: Sat, 29 January, 2011 9:44:18
> Subject: official channel for submitting feature suggestions  ?? (was Re: 
> [libreoffice-users] Re: Welcome to users@libreoffice.org)
>
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> Jonathan Evatt wrote (29-01-11 08:01)
>
> > Thanks for the great new release. Looks great and works well.
>
> Thanks for the complements, glad you like it.
>
> > I wanted to find out if there is an official channel for submitting feature 
> > suggestions for LibreOffice?
>
> No there is not really such a thing.
> Suggestions done on this list might get noticed by people wanting to work on 
> implementing it.
> You also may be able, or try, to gathers some forces yourself.
>
> Having a place where all kind of ideas are gathered, soon might be hard to 
> oversee, therefore off limited use.
> That is a bit how it works at the moment.
>
> I hope this helps.
> Regards,
> Cor
>
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