Re: [libreoffice-users] CNET is claiming the best free MSO alternative is not LO

Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
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> I was talking to a professor a few days ago.  He does not like the 
> newer versions due in part to "the way they keep changing the 
> interface and how to do things". I made sure he know about LO.  He 
> loved the multi language part as well.
>
> I did not like the "ribbon" menu system either.  Sure, the type of 
> interface that LO uses has been around for years, but that does not 
> mean you need to change it.  "Refreshing" or redesigning the 
> interface, just because you can, is not a reason to.  One of the good 
> things about LO as it went from 3.3 though 4.0 is the way the 
> interface does not change, or has a slow change so it does not "stand 
> up and slap your face" with the changes.  Once you learn "what is 
> where" and how to do things, changing that will cause problems.  Sure 
> the interface could use some enhancements, like the "persona" 
> addition, but to keep our users happy, you must not make the users 
> relearn how to do things or where are the menu options are now located.
I have been using the OO/LO office suite since OO.o 1.x and now I am 
using LO 3.6.6.  (I have not tried LO 4.0.x, since I am still waiting 
for that less-buggy 4.1.5+ version to be released.)  However, I have 
found the incremental changes to the user interface refreshing.  OO.o 
and now LO, have made great improvements in this area with each 
release.  Nothing to make me go back to school to get my degree on how 
to use it, but the changes made the functions much easier to use and 
more intuitive.  To me, that is a big plus.  I want to be productive, 
not have to re-learn user interfaces with each new release.  Although I 
am a retired electronics engineer, I am _not_ a techno-geek who has to 
have the latest and greatest all the time.  You won't find me waiting 
for hours outside an Apple store to buy the latest iPhone.  If it works, 
don't "fix" it is my motto.
Girvin Herr

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