Amen brother. I would be all OO all the time if I could. But the sell us Word very cheap at the university so I can fight the tide.
I find Dia to be refreshingly simple, but you have to become familiar with how it works then it is quite efficient. And once you know the limitations and adapt to them you don't spend a lot of time trying things that don't work well. Inkscape is a good partner program. On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 2:21 AM, Ron Wilson <wilsonr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:31:15 -0400 > >From: Tech Support Department <t...@frontrowcomputer.com> > >To: dia-list@gnome.org > >Subject: Re: Sentience > >The program is clearly demonstrating that > >the average user still does not find the intuitiveness they > >normally expect. This speaks loudly to anyone interested. I realize > >that this is someone else's hobby > >project, but I don't think anyone should be surprised at the questions > >asked. They all center around the > >issue of lacking an intuitive interface. This could be remedied. > > Intutive is relative to what one already knows. If you learn Visio > first, then a similar app that does not have the same controls, > layout, etc, as Visio will feel unintuitive. I can relate to this, as > I learned Visio first, On the other hand, I learned GIMP before > PhotoShop, so PhotoShop feels unintuitive to me. Similarly with other > applications. I learned Word Perfect before I learned MS Word, so MS > Word has always felt unintuitive to me. Indeed, I know a lot of > adanced users of pre-2007 MS Word. They mostly hate Word 2007. They > find it unintuitive. A lot of these people have switched over to > OpenOffice or LibreOffice because either of these is more like > pre-2007 Word than Word 2007 is, therefore, more intuitive. > _______________________________________________ > dia-list mailing list > dia-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com>
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