Re: [libreoffice-design] Finding a Purpose

Hello Mirek,

On 3 juillet 2014 00:43:19 CEST, "Mirek M." <mazelm@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> Recently, we've been talking about our workflow and, as part of that,
> we
> came to the conclusion that we need to define a clear direction. The
> best
> way to do that, IMHO, is defining a clear purpose for LibreOffice and
> its
> components and continually striving to fulfill that purpose as well as
> possible.
>
> In our last IRC chat [1], Reda Lazri proposed "a 21st century suite
> that is
> easy for new users and powerful for existing ones".
>
> My original thought was that LibreOffice was too disparate to have a
> clear
> purpose and wanted to define purposes for individual modules only.
> However,
> since that time, I've come around to the idea of having a single
> purpose
> for LibreOffice, and here's a rough draft I propose: to let the user
> organize information and help them present it to others in a digestible
> manner.
>
> I should clarify that these are all just rough drafts, and that even
> when
> this team decides on a purpose, it won't be binding. The idea here is
> to
> not force a direction on devs and rather let the defined purposes stand
> based on their merit.
>
> I should also note that the goal derived from a purpose is basically to
> provide the best user experience for fulfilling that purpose -- that
> means
> things like ease of use, speed, great visual and interaction design,
> etc.
> are all a given.
>
> Post your thoughts on the purpose of LibreOffice in this thread and
> hopefully we'll come to a firm conclusion at the next IRC meeting [2].

I must admit I am unsure why you need to define a purpose now, however we did come up with pretty 
much your line 4 years ago albeit in a mpre elegant way: "LibreOffice strives to be the engine of 
your creation and the tool of your intelligence". Note however that a purpose is not the same as a 
slogan. The latter changes often.

Cheers,

Charles.




> [1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Meetings/2014-06-29
> [2] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Meetings
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