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On 09/24/2012 11:15 AM, Mirosław Zalewski wrote:
On 24/09/2012 at 16:48, "webmaster-Kracked_P_P" <webmaster@krackedpress.com> 
wrote:

 We need to keep it with the 
needed options for the 90% "average" users and not for those that are in 
the last 10% or even those in the last 1% or less users that do so 
complex work that the "average" user could not figure out why this is 
being done or even how to do such a thing even with the needed 
documentation.
I totally disagree.

If user is unable to do something he wants with open documentation, then this 
is documentation fault. It should be fixed (made clear, verbose, use 
screenshots or anything), not feature should be disabled.

There are many ways to speed up opening of programs. Some features may be 
delayed or loaded on request. Application can be modularized - core features 
are loaded by default, other are loaded only if user wants them (take a look 
at LaTeX, GNU R, Miranda (instant messenger), even Mozilla Firefox to some 
avail).

*Removing* features is total no-go, because it will drive away these users who 
need them. And I don't think that LO is application only for 90% of it's 
current users.
The issue then is not features but proper program design that balances
speed, opening speed, and available features. A small core that calls
small modules for specific features when needed versus a monolithic bloc
that most load everything at once.

-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com


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