Written by argento the 4 Dec 09 at 18:47.

Optimize screen space using, for example, organizing all icons on a left toolbar like GIMP's, as default.

I know I can drag and drop toolbar wherever I want, but this is not as compact as GIMP's.

Note that this problem repeats on many software GUIs.

Optimize screen space using, for example, organizing all icons on a left toolbar like GIMP's, as default. I know I can drag and drop toolbar wherever I want, but this is not as compact as GIMP's. Note that this problem repeats on many software GUIs.

Written by grofaty the 19 Feb 09 at 13:12.

Speed up OpenOffice when starting. Probably not all features should be loaded when starting program. When some one needs some feature it could be loaded on demand.

Speed up OpenOffice when starting. Probably not all features should be loaded when starting program. When some one needs some feature it could be loaded on demand.

Written by jeypeyy the 19 Feb 09 at 20:04.

OpenOffice is written with "Native Widget Framework" (http://people.redhat.com/dcbw/ooo-nwf.html ) and that might be a reason why it is so slow*. Also it integrates badly with gnome. If we helped an alternative written in c/c++ and with gtk+ it could be faster.

The developers could help developing alternatives like AbiWord and Gnumeric. There should also be an integration between those applications before Ubuntu decides to change.

*Note that I'm not sure if this really is the reason. If it's not, please leave a comment and vote this down.

OpenOffice is written with "Native Widget Framework" (http://people.redhat.com/dcbw/ooo-nwf.html ) and that might be a reason why it is so slow*. Also it integrates badly with gnome. If we helped an alternative written in c/c++ and with gtk+ it could be faster. The developers could help developing alternatives like AbiWord and Gnumeric. There should also be an integration between those applications before Ubuntu decides to change. *Note that I'm not sure if this really is the reason. If it's not, please leave a comment and vote this down.

Written by OpenNingia the 5 Mar 09 at 11:20.

For those people who needs faster openoffice, Ubuntu should provide a task that preloads some OOO's libraries or modules on system start, that will increase booting time but decrease OOO start time.

This behaviour should be optional.

For those people who needs faster openoffice, Ubuntu should provide a task that preloads some OOO's libraries or modules on system start, that will increase booting time but decrease OOO start time. This behaviour should be optional.

Written by Mishtal the 17 Mar 09 at 20:14.

There are ways to use C and C++ functions from interpreted languages like Java. The parts of OpenOffice that are the major bottlenecks could be transitioned to C/C++, or other compiled languages.
This gives us the benefit of keeping all the current features of OpenOffice, in addition to allowing new features to be added without significant changes in the implementation of these new features compared with the implementation of them on a non-transitioning OpenOffice

There are ways to use C and C++ functions from interpreted languages like Java. The parts of OpenOffice that are the major bottlenecks could be transitioned to C/C++, or other compiled languages. This gives us the benefit of keeping all the current features of OpenOffice, in addition to allowing new features to be added without significant changes in the implementation of these new features compared with the implementation of them on a non-transitioning OpenOffice

Written by Basem the 23 Mar 09 at 08:14.

Open Office is great, but i cant stop feeling its starting to lag behind in terms of features...ubuntu should start giving Sun some support.

Open Office is great, but i cant stop feeling its starting to lag behind in terms of features...ubuntu should start giving Sun some support.

Written by broomfighter the 27 Jul 09 at 22:34.

Abiword, while less featureful than OO, is light and fast. Plus, it's written natively in gtk, so it supports theming.

Abiword, while less featureful than OO, is light and fast. Plus, it's written natively in gtk, so it supports theming.

Written by mikko.rantalainen the 7 Oct 10 at 08:15.

Starting the Open Office Writer 3.2 needs OS to load 1575 files. You can try this yourself:

strace -f -e trace=open oowriter 2>&1 | perl -npe 's/^[[]pid \d+[]] *//' | grep ^open | sort -u | wc -l

(Some of the files on that list are "file not found" but it still asks OS to try to load all those files.) A reasonable way to improve start up time would be to get it to load less files during startup. Whether this is implemented as Solution #1 (load files ondemand) or as some another solution (e.g. reimplement some functionality to have simpler implementation and not tons of code in a thousand separate files).

Starting the Open Office Writer 3.2 needs OS to load 1575 files. You can try this yourself: strace -f -e trace=open oowriter 2>&1 | perl -npe 's/^[[]pid \d+[]] *//' | grep ^open | sort -u | wc -l (Some of the files on that list are "file not found" but it still asks OS to try to load all those files.) A reasonable way to improve start up time would be to get it to load less files during startup. Whether this is implemented as Solution #1 (load files ondemand) or as some another solution (e.g. reimplement some functionality to have simpler implementation and not tons of code in a thousand separate files).

Written by cgb223 the 17 Feb 10 at 18:35.

Have Canonical create the grammar check engine, or maybe just a large group of experienced programmers, make it. This may be a bit taxing on the people but will significantly reduce the gap between Ubuntu and Windows.

Have Canonical create the grammar check engine, or maybe just a large group of experienced programmers, make it. This may be a bit taxing on the people but will significantly reduce the gap between Ubuntu and Windows.

Written by Goury the 17 Feb 10 at 20:56.

Many nationalities could benefit from a this improvement so why limit it to just US EN.

Many nationalities could benefit from a this improvement so why limit it to just US EN.

Written by nblracer the 21 Feb 10 at 16:52.

Well the best thing about Word
2007 /2010 is that it can detect
wrongly used words, and grammar. And open
office does not come close to all the things Word can detect and fix.

Any ways i think i found a simple and more complete
solution. And that is to use "After The Deadline"
http://www.afterthedeadline.com/.
It is an open source server based
spelling, style, and grammar checking. Therefor Ubuntu can have this
services/server running locally and allow other applications to interact with
it though the api. Or come up with a more global fix so the user don’t have to rely
on the application they love to adapted to the api/ download a plugin.

Well the best thing about Word 2007 /2010 is that it can detect wrongly used words, and grammar. And open office does not come close to all the things Word can detect and fix. Any ways i think i found a simple and more complete solution. And that is to use "After The Deadline" http://www.afterthedeadline.com/. It is an open source server based spelling, style, and grammar checking. Therefor Ubuntu can have this services/server running locally and allow other applications to interact with it though the api. Or come up with a more global fix so the user don’t have to rely on the application they love to adapted to the api/ download a plugin.

Written by MasterNetra the 22 Feb 10 at 01:28.

I mean why should Canonical do it, it in self has little to nothing to do with Ubuntu. Open Office is Oracle's product, why not ask them to do this?

I mean why should Canonical do it, it in self has little to nothing to do with Ubuntu. Open Office is Oracle's product, why not ask them to do this?