Hi, I second Justin, simply because the infobar prevents users from focusing on what they'd like to do at the moment with LibO.
Cheers, -- Takeshi Abe On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 08:21:05 +0300, Justin Luth <[email protected]> wrote: > Someone on ask.libreoffice.org wrote: > > “Lately, in LibreOffice 6.1.2.1 I get a nag window on top asking me to get > involved. Are you trying to become obnoxious windows-like software? How do I > get > rid of that thing?” This succinct post is very revealing, and perfectly > mirrors > my own initial and ongoing impressions. > > > First, note the user perception of this new “feature”. It is classified as > naggy. It is not seen as a legitimate request for help, but as an untargeted > and > intrusive irritant. > > Secondly, it is totally unwanted. This user terms it as obnoxious, and > references the disrespectful and heavy-handed Windows attitude that has driven > so many of us to FOSS in the first place. > > And that all leads to the obvious reaction of “how can I never see this > again.” Seeing it once is already too much, and every 90 days is not an > improvement. > > > Do we really want to market LibreOffice as yet another piece of > unprofessional[1] beggarware? Everyone already acknowledges that “GetInvolved” > irritates us, but now imagine the scenario where someone has donated to > LibreOffice and a week later the donate message pops up! That will feel > extremely offensive! > > Having places (like help - get involved/donate/about) where the user can > discover and actively seek out ways to support LibreOffice is fine, but > intentionally irritating the user base is sure to back-fire. Please, let us > remove the infobar advertisements before they cause too much damage. > > Thanks, > > Justin - volunteer developer, promoter, user-support (who is damaged in each > of > these capacities by this adware), and self-appointed end-user advocate. > > > [1] It is completely unprofessional. Speaking about the “get involved” pop-up, > Michael Meeks writes that “No vendor (or in-house team) providing an actually > supported version would show this to their users”. > > > P.S. Sorry for not realizing that the ESC decision to remove GetInvolved from > 6.1.5 Stable should have been confirmed by other bodies before being acted on. > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
