Re: [libreoffice-users] documentation for LO base

Hi :)
i think the point was that if more people use a thing then more people care about how well it 
works.  

If we start with the premise that only a fraction of people that use a thing are likely to be 
involved with fixing it (or even just reporting a problem) then it helps to have more people using 
it because that may lead to more people being involved in fixing it.  

Once you start adding in extra factors such as average skill level of the different users of the 
different apps then Base is still heavily out-gunned by Writer and Calc.  I kinda disagree about 
Draw tho.  I think Impress needs a lot more help than Draw.  Draw has some quite fancy features and 
i've been really happy using on the rare occasions i've needed something other than Gimp.  Impress 
is embarrasing.  Base is more important than either of those imo but gets a LOT less attention, 
except on this list 'recently'.  

Regards from
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Mark Stanton <mark@vowleyfarm.co.uk>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Thursday, 4 October 2012, 16:04
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] documentation for LO base
>
> > Question:  How many people do you know use Base, or have tried to use 
> > Base?
>
> Whilst there is some quite valid criticism of Base, I don't think answering 
> this question says as much about Base as it does about the general usage
> of databases.  They are less familiar than word processors, spreadsheets or 
> drawing packages.
>
> Mark
>
>
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