Re: [libreoffice-l10n] LibreOffice on Ubuntu

Hi Michael,
On 17/01/2013 13:34, Michael Bauer wrote:
> That's a really bold assumption. I'm not stupid when it comes to
> computers but I've honestly given up trying to get Ubuntu to give me
> stuff in the language I want. I either have to switch the OS locale and
> UI to that language, which switches a lot of stuff, not all of which I
> might want in another language. Ubuntu may be great on lots of things
> but it *singularly* fails when it comes to giving the user control of
> the UI language of individual applications.
>
> Added to that, it steers you to the Software Centre for most things and
> while that's a neat place, it still has the problem that it gives you
> zero control over the UI language. I tried a couple of time to take off
> the version of LO the SC suggest to put on a different one, mostly for
> testing, and after having spent half a fruitless day on each occassion,
> I threw in the towel and waited for an Ubuntu update to fix whatever I
> might have broken.
>
> So to be honest "the work around is not difficult" most likely IS a very
> big problem for most people who just search-and-click and don't have the
> faintest idea of how to work around. When determining how hard or easy
> anything is, we should never fall into the trap of asking "is it easy
> for me"... the question to ask is "would it be easy for my mother"
> (assuming she's over 50) - if the answer is yes, then it probably IS
> easy. If no, it isn't.

Well, I'm only trying to find a solution that could be best for our
Ubuntu users and our l10n team (and by the way, I'm over 50 ;-). I'm not
a Ubuntu user, only a debian one, so I really don't know how it works
hence why I ask somebody else to test it.
So, I'm going to ask some Ubuntu newbies on the FR list and will bring
you the feedback. Believe me, I don't want to reduce the issue or make
it appears less important than it is.
Kind regards
Sophie

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Sophie Gautier <sophie.gautier@documentfoundation.org>
Tel:+33683901545
Membership & Certification Committee Member - Co-founder
The Document Foundation

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