Re: [libreoffice-users] Nitpicking on a name

Le 25.07.2014 12:59, Paul a écrit :
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:37:16 +0200
> "Charles-H. Schulz" <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> > Oh, I am not afraid of confusion. Only that we are using a weird way
> > to call LibreOffice and that it does not make much sense to use an
> > acronym.
>
> With all due respect here, and not to shoot the messenger, but apart
> from the possibility of confusion, I cannot see any other reason to
> worry about this.
>
> I don't think using acronyms or shortenings are "weird", I think they
> are perfectly normal, and I see them all the time. "FB" for Facebook,
> "MS" for Microsoft, "MSO", "AOO", "OOo", even "*nix". I've seen
> Photoshop called PS before; the examples are many, and it seems to be
> human nature to make things easier for ourselves. SMS texting
> conventions like "b4" and "l8r" are the same thing, really, as are
> things like "IANAL", "AIUI", and others.
>
> Out in the wider world, one should be careful of just using "LO",
> because people may well not know what one is talking about, so
> confusion *is* a possibility, but I mostly see this used here on these
> lists, where confusion is hardly likely.
>
> One could argue that "LibO", say, is nicer, and probably clearer, so if
> one was writing a more public review one might prefer that, but
> it's probably a matter of taste, and, on this list especially, I hardly
> think it matters.
>
> My opinion, of course, just adding it to the pile...


Actually you are making quite a good point; "LO" is used here -again 
mostly, and oddly- likely only on this list. So yes indeed, if we are 
careful (and we should be) not to use that acronym in the "wider world", 
this list is the one primarily used for and by users. Some of them are 
completely new, and as such it is their first interaction with the 
Libreoffice community.
We would not want to use "LO" with new users then.

Some may find the use of "LO" as a convenience, but convenience can 
often be the ennemy of excellence; especially in this case when only 
used by a small fraction of the community.

Cheers,

Charles.



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