First, the SDL XLIFF Converter for Microsoft Office is genius. I think it's one of the most used tools in our company. But since we need it so much there are a few things that could be improved.
The simplest thing that you could do would be to open source it and lets us hack away at it. I think it would also make for a great example application.
If this is not possible for whatever reason, here are some things to improve:
- Change the App Title, people often use the 2009 by accident and there is no easy way to notice this.
- Add some debug logging. We have one PC where the import does not work, but there is no error message or any other logging to see what is going on.
- Add context menu integration (Right click on file -> convert)
I also heard that there are plans to integrate it further with Trados? That would of course help too.