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

2015-08-24 22:59 GMT+02:00 Tom Davies <tomcecf@gmail.com>:

> Hi :)
> I think it is important to get some good comments in there quickly.  It
> would be good to do this to any other articles about LibreOffice too.
>
> It is best to write more comments for articles that are properly
> pro-LibreOffice so that their authors get seen positively by whoever
> publishes such articles.  Even negative comments about an article increases
> the authors pay-packet and/or likelihood of getting further articles
> published.
>
> Perhaps help people who claim to have problems in the comments sections.
> They are probably MS shills (or whatever) but treating their 'problems' as
> legitimate and avoiding being rude can often encourage people to try LO.
> The typically rude comments tends to put most people off ime.  Even 'just'
> "signposting them" (pointing them) to the official website;
> https://www.libreoffice.org/
> and tell them to click on the "Get Help" menu is often seen as friendly and
> helpful.  I know it's trendy and clever to be rude and sometimes it is
> difficult to avoid but it puts most people off OpenSource.
>
>
> In the 4.0 review it rankles that  ...
> Err, of course most of his opinions are stated as facts - such as the
> ribbon vs proper-menu.
>
> His problem with the Options pop-up requiring him to fix his Java settings
> is unique to the only machine he seems to have tried.  That problem has
> never been raised on this list and no-one else i know of or have seen
> comments or articles from has ever mentioned it.  So his mention of it as
> being a fact that everyone will have to contend with seems a little
> unfair.
>
> However even taking those things into account his article seems
> surprisingly pro-LibreOffice, in a back-handed sort of way.
> Regards from
> Tom :)


​LibreOffice users might want to note that Nick Heath at *Tech Republic*
places​
​ it *first* of the five free apps he recommends those who have installed
Windows 10 to download (
www.techrepublic.com/article/microsoft-windows-10-five-free-apps-you-should-download)
; obviously, not all reviewers are quite as negative as Mr Mendelson at *PC
Mag*. Myself, I'd agree with Mr Heath, but with one caveat ; I'd put LO in
second place - the first thing anyone should do after installing Windows 10
is to download and install Classic Shell (classicshell.net), which provides
the user with a genuine start button and start menu.... ;-)

Henri

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