Hi :) +1 and welcome back Anne-ology! :D On the other hand it's nice to see a competitor getting sucked into changes that it's not going to be able to keep up with. Nice to see they offer the option so that we don't have to ;) Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: anne-ology <[email protected]> >To: Girvin R. Herr <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, 7 June 2013, 18:42 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO >alternative is not LO > > > 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 > > > -- 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
