Reassigned to Falko.

And now i really reassign it.

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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