Re: [Libreoffice] Formula cursor : bug or feature ?

On 29/12/10 19:06, Jonas Finnemann Jensen wrote:
> Hi Regina,
>
> > > It is only difficult for people, who do not get a starting instruction.
> True... I would assume that most users are not given an introduction course...
> In most schools students are given an introduction to MS Word and MathType.
> If an introduction is given, it's quite often assume that people can use word...
>
> But we need to find a balance between easy-to-learn and fast-to-use.
> At the moment it requires quite a lot of effort to learn it...
> Hench my reference to vim/emacs... I mean it would be faster to write
> the text in LibreOffice if it had a vim-mode. But LibreOffice don't
> have a vim-mode because of the learning curve.
This is exactly my thing with WordPerfect ... it was aimed at TRAINED
typists! You know, those people who type at 120 words per minute WITHOUT
LOOKING AT THE TYPEWRITER. (Which is why I hate Word - if you *do* know
what you're doing, all these "enhancements" are like Bob, a bl**dy pain!)

We need to plan towards an expert mode with NO popups, NO distractions,
NOTHING that gets in the way of a fast typist bashing in the text.

I'm not saying the WordPerfect way is best, but again, something I
remember hearing said about it, it presented the user with a blank
screen, like a blank piece of paper, but all the power of the menus,
drop downs, etc was easily accessible if required.

It shouldn't be that hard to fix things so we have a "learning" mode for
the two-fingered hunt-n-peck people, and an expert mode for the
experienced typists ... and if it IS difficult, then there's something
wrong with LO!

Cheers,
Wol