Re: [libreoffice-users] has anyone tried LO on Windows 8?

       yes, I did in the stores.

       When the HD died on my computer, I had to look at what was out there
- the changes astounded me;
            WIN8 is designed to mesh with these hand-helds, which use
applications designed by MsFT   ;-(

       These are designed for speed, which gives one no time to think
before responding ...
            these are designed to use without the usual keyboard; some have
one but it doesn't operate the same way at all  ;-(

       Therefore, if your idea is to write, research, or even communicate
via e-mail with others, then I have no clue as to why one would use these
newest 'gadgets' - at least I do not want to memorize these acronyms,
emoticons, ... I will stick to using proper, grammatically correct
sentences to describe my thoughts.

       As for those with poor eye-sight, or arthritis, or with only 1 hand
-
            I happen to know a couple of blind individuals who had been
able to communicate via their computers through these reading-text programs
- these do not operate on the newer machines; and the WIN8 ones are not
designed to help these folks at all.



On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Hi :)
> Someone from the Accessibility List has been using it but it takes a lot
> to set it up for screen-readers and the person's other normal Windows
> tweaks are taking a lot of effort this time.
>
> I didn't ask how great the general move to touch-screen functionality is,
> for non-fully-sighted users!
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> > From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P <webmaster@krackedpress.com>
> > To: LibreO - Users Global <users@global.libreoffice.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, 1 November 2012, 8:41
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] has anyone tried LO on Windows 8?
> >
> >
> > I know that Windows 8 just came out, and a lot of people are waiting for
> their new Win8 systems to be delivered.  The real question is "has anyone
> tried LibreOffice on a Win8 machine?"
> > With their new touch-optimized OS, and all of their changes to the way
> you use and access the apps on it, I was wondering how LibreOffice is
> "running" on this "radically" new environment.
> > I was reading a set of articles about Windows 8 and the pros and cons of
> upgrading your current OS to it.  There was "talk" on how some software had
> to be changed to deal with the "formally known as Metro" environment.
> There were many different opinions about what was going to be needed to be
> done to make current packages work "properly" with the new environment.
> > So, has anyone out there tried Windows 8 and LO with it?  Desktop version
> and touch screen laptop-style system?
> >

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