Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: docx format troubles

Il 20/09/2011 22:16, planas ha scritto:
> On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 16:07 +0200, Marcello Romani wrote:
>
> > Il 17/09/2011 14:30, David B Teague sr ha scritto:
> > > On 9/16/2011 6:56 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > > > If you were able to ring-fence about 20% of the features of MS Office
> > > > then about 80% of users never stray outside that. From what i see it's
> > > > more like about 100% of users. Most users don't even use all of that 20%.
> > > I hope this isn't hijacking the thread, and if so, /please /say so, and
> > > I'll repost this in a new thread.
> > >
> > > The fact that 20% of the features of MS Office (and by implication, LO
> > > and OO.o) used almost exclusively by some 80% of the users suggests to
> > > me that OO.o should identify that 20% of features and modularize OO.o or
> > > LO or what have you to include that 20% and make the other 80% of the
> > > features available as extensions.
> > >
> > > I'd like comments on this idea.
> > >
> > > David Teague
> >
> > That sounds good in theory, but IMHO it's not as simple as it seems once
> > you start to debate how to implement it.
> > I think it's not worth the trouble, given the presence of Gnumeric +
> > Abiword + google docs for those who need only a 20% of what OOo can
> > offer (not that I think gnumeric is only 20% of Calc, btw).
> >
> > --
> > Marcello Romani
>
> The problem is that a user may only use a fraction of LO but each user
> uses a different fraction. So for office use you end up needing almost
> all the features to cover what most users actually use.

Agreed.

> The "light" programs you mentioned can be frustrating to use when you
> have used a program with many more features.

Yeah, I know this by experience... But they're not bad after all. I just 
like to standardize on OOo/LO/<whatever my current distro offers> 
because it's easier in the long run to deal with 1(ish) package than 
with two :-)

--
Marcello Romani

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