Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: LO Writer UI Analysis

Le 31/01/2013 22:53, Jay Lozier a écrit :
> A question about ribbons - Is there any data differentiating the type of
> user and their preferences?

I think this is the core question: who is the user? what population uses 
the software? how skilled are they? do they use the software at home, at 
work, as professionals or for casual work?

I 100% share Jay's thoughts for that matter.

> My thought is that users who heavily use
> software may prefer menus over ribbons while those who do not use the
> software much prefer ribbons. And this general trend would true for all
> types of software. The age may be skewing the results and including more
> casual users in the younger cohort. The 50+ users did not grow up with
> computers and many of these casual users do not like to use computers at
> all and probably would never use anything they did not use at work (eg
> Windows and MS Office).
>
> I find the personality of the user vs ribbon or menu interesting.

+1
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Jean-Francois Nifenecker, Bordeaux

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