Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 2021
Most-recently used file list should be accessible from Quickstarter
Last modified: 2005-02-11 13:59:24 UTC
It would be very nice if the list of most-recently-used files would be available from the Quickstarter, instead of having to launch an Office component first, then select the file from the File menu. (I have a separate issue that I am going to enter to ask that the MRU file list be user-configurable to more than 4 items).
Reassigned to Falko.
And now i really reassign it.
??? We will not implement what already exists: Start - Documents under Windows
Start->Documents is NOT equivalent to an MRU under Quickstarter. If you're only using StarOffice, then yes, it is equivalent, but most people use MANY other applications besides StarOffice. So what typically occurs is that the Start->Documents list gets filled up with other documents, such as graphics files, etc., that one might have viewed or edited. The point of an MRU list is that many users (like myself) often have a number of Office documents that we use regularly, such as a spreadsheet or word processing file. I often do a lot of work with other applications, however, so the word processing file or spreadsheet is long gone from Start->Documents but remains in the Office MRU. At present, what I usually have to do is open a word processing window or something, then select the document from the File MRU. Please note one important thing: most of you working on StarOffice are using StarOffice primarily, and you are using it in a development situation. Those of us out here in the real world are using it in actual production situations and thus our experiences are quite different --- however they are also much closer to what normal users will experience. The reason you think Start->Documents is equivalent to a StarOffice MRU is that you're not using StarOffice in the real world, so you forget that many users use other applications besides StarOffice. This happens very easily: just open ten image files, for example. So please, consider this feature request, and don't simply dismiss it because you're working in an artificial development environment that does not match real world conditions. 90% of the time I want to open an MRU file, but since the Quickstarter doesn't have the MRU, I almost never can use it. I use the Quickstarter just to open an app and then use that app to open another window using the MRU. This is awkward and doesn't fit most user's experience. Also note: the quickstarter as it is now is primarily useful for creating new documents, not opening existing ones. Reopening for reconsideration.
After giving a second thought I get more attached to the idea. Especially because it would ease the live of KDE/Gnome users (as I became in the meantime ;o).
Considered for 'Office later' as the Quickstarter is no feature area for OO.o 2.0.
*** Issue 3924 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
*** Issue 20742 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
For OOo 2 the Quickstarter is switched off by default. For Windows guideline conformance it also has less menu commands than before. // task to wontfix
// task closed