Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

I don't think we need to remove existing features.  But I DO think we 
need to focus on the "90% of average users".  Basically, I think LO 
should be making sure it can do everything that MS Office 97 
(15-year-old software) could do, and do it just as well and just as 
easily.  If LO could do THAT, it would eat Microsoft's lunch.

-- Tim Deaton
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On 10/2/2012 2:45 AM, Marcello Romani wrote:
> Il 24/09/2012 17:15, Mirosław Zalewski ha scritto:
> > 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.
>
> As much as I hate "me too!" e-mails...
>
> +1
>
> ;P


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