so agree :-) 'change for the sake of change' is so inane.
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Girvin R. Herr <[email protected]>wrote: > Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: > <snip> > >> I was talking to a professor a few days ago. He does not like the newer >> versions due in part to "the way they keep changing the interface and how >> to do things". I made sure he know about LO. He loved the multi language >> part as well. >> >> I did not like the "ribbon" menu system either. Sure, the type of >> interface that LO uses has been around for years, but that does not mean >> you need to change it. "Refreshing" or redesigning the interface, just >> because you can, is not a reason to. One of the good things about LO as it >> went from 3.3 though 4.0 is the way the interface does not change, or has a >> slow change so it does not "stand up and slap your face" with the changes. >> Once you learn "what is where" and how to do things, changing that will >> cause problems. Sure the interface could use some enhancements, like the >> "persona" addition, but to keep our users happy, you must not make the >> users relearn how to do things or where are the menu options are now >> located. >> >> I have been using the OO/LO office suite since OO.o 1.x and now I am > using LO 3.6.6. (I have not tried LO 4.0.x, since I am still waiting for > that less-buggy 4.1.5+ version to be released.) However, I have found the > incremental changes to the user interface refreshing. OO.o and now LO, > have made great improvements in this area with each release. Nothing to > make me go back to school to get my degree on how to use it, but the > changes made the functions much easier to use and more intuitive. To me, > that is a big plus. I want to be productive, not have to re-learn user > interfaces with each new release. Although I am a retired electronics > engineer, I am _not_ a techno-geek who has to have the latest and greatest > all the time. You won't find me waiting for hours outside an Apple store > to buy the latest iPhone. If it works, don't "fix" it is my motto. > Girvin Herr > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
