Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

On 10/11/2015 02:37 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> +1 to both points.
>
> The UI issue is cropping up more often but many people, get over their
> initial dislike and prefer the return to sanity because it makes it easier
> to find things and easier to learn new stuff.

UI changes frustrate me to no end. I tend to commit to learning a given 
piece of software so that its commands become second nature. Back in the 
days of DOS, I was a PC-Write wizard, having learned the old Wordstar 
Ctrl-key combinations and PC-Write's function key combinations. 
Certainly, the multi-tasking GUI's of Windows and Linux simply do more 
things, but I've never found any program with which I could match my 
productivity with PC-Write (in terms of just getting things done).

One frustration I've noticed recently is with LO's "Sidebar." In the 
past, I had my paragraph styles locked in a Sidebar. Now, the Styles box 
shares the Sidebar with the Properties, Gallery, and Navigator boxes, 
and when I open a new file, it defaults to the Properties box (a la 
AOO), when I *want* the Styles box. So, with every document, I now have 
to click on the Styles icon in the Sidebar. I've looked everywhere to 
find a way to make "Styles" the default Sidebar box, but with no luck. 
To, me this was a totally unnecessary UI "improvement."

If I could echo Andreas with a message to the developers. Please stop 
making changes just to make changes. Every UI change forces the user to 
change the way s/he uses the program, and those changes affect our 
personal performance and productivity, at least until we learn the new 
system. Yes, once the new UI is learned, it, too, becomes second nature, 
but I've rarely found a new UI to improve performance so much as to 
justify its replacement of the older way of working.

Virgil

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