Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice 5.0 Review & Rating | PCMag.com

Nice article indeed.

I personally like the structured way of the menus. I am a long time user of OpenOffice, and later 
LibreOffice. 

When MS started with the ribbon, I just didn't use MS office anymore, and on my newer systems 
(Mac's and PCs) I only install LO.

Recently I experienced that I can't update LO beyond version 4.3.6 on the Mac I mostly use which is 
running OSX 10.7.5; The hardware does not allow upgrading OSX any further... So, I feel a little 
'left in the dark'

I am still a happy user of LO, though!

Rob.

On 21 aug. 2015, at 13:02, Pedro wrote:

> Jack Wallen wrote
> > Thought I'd share this. One of my latest open source pieces for 
> > TechRepublic about LibreOffice 5.0.
> >
> > http://www.techrepublic.com/article/libreoffice-5-0-the-strongest-release-to-date/
>
> Nice article. 
>
> I disagree that the UI is the biggest problem... 
>
> If you are a NEW user (i.e. never used an Office suite before) then you need
> to learn it from zero and organized menus are more logical than large
> buttons organized by someone else.
> If you are moving from Office 2003 then you will feel at home. 
> However if you are used to Office 2007 or newer then you are in real
> trouble. Not only you will have to relearn/adjust to the UI but you will
> have BIG problems with round-trip documents regardless if you are using XML
> based MS file formats or Open Documents...
>
> The issue is that not only XML based MS formats are proprietary and
> constantly changing even within MS Office versions (so it is impossible for
> other Offices to open or save EXACTLY like MS) but Microsoft makes sure that
> you will also not want to use Open Document format to exchange files. You
> will ALWAYS get some warning (more or less scary) that you will loose
> something or that you have already lost something...
>
> I really don't see a solution for this problem... Even if Governments
> effectively push for Open Documents, the scary messages will always make
> users think twice before opening or saving to Open Document formats...
>
> Just my 2 cents ;)
>
>
>
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