openoffice.org-1.1.3-5.5.0: bug or feature?

[Wong Kwok-hon]

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 00:04:13 -0400, Arthur Pemberton
<dalive at flashmail.com> wrote:
> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> 
> > I just yumed my way to the latest FC3 release of OpenOffice
> > (BTW...thanks to whoever fixed the paste bug). After yum was all done
> > I went ahead and start Calc from the menu (I use KDE). Calc loaded
> > very quickly ( I estimate that the splash screen lasted for only about
> > 25% of it's previous times). However Calc loaded to this very scary
> > screen. I used kSnapshot and uploaded the result:
> > http://pembo13.dalive.com/snapshot-oocalc-1.1.3.png . Now normally,
> > loading an OpenOffice program from the menu leads to a new document
> > being opened up for the approprate app. So I had never before seen
> > this screen. Having been in windows for awhile (3.1 to WinME) bad
> > habits die slow, so I rebooted the machine. I know I don't have to
> > reboot to implement an upgrade but still. Came back up, and got the
> > same result. I decided to open a document, since the simple file menu
> > in oocalc was active, and it open the file as normal. Was also able to
> > open a new doc etc.
> >
> > But what I want to know is is thsi new behavior correct? It certainly
> > isn't user friendly. I don't won't to go filing  abug report prematurely.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> I just discovered that the ability to start a new instance by launching
> a different OO app is gone. For example, before, if I had OO Writer
> open, and then I launched OO Calc, it would. Now just places a button on
> the taskbar for awhile, then dissappears, with no apperent effect; as if
> I'd done nothig. Open a spreadsheet from the file menu in Writer, does
> open a Calc interface with the approriate document however, as it should.
> 

But now I think it is faster to open the Open office than before.