Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Fedora Magazine article about LibreOffice

On 07/05/2018 08:38 AM, Philip Jackson wrote:
> I tried the Notebookbar after looking at the Fedora article. It worked
> just as advertised and I managed to return to default using the '3 small
> horizontal lines' icon on the rhs of the ribbon.  I was using LO 6.0.0.2
> (I think)
>
> I wasn't impressed by the Notebookbar - it seems to be variations on a
> theme started by MS some years ago and immediately followed by some
> other software houses just like it was the fashion of the day. The
> introduction of the ribbon by Avid Sibelius raised howls of protest from
> the veteran users of Sibelius - but that's just because we're mostly
> very conservative and don't like change.
>
> Yesterday, I upgraded LO to 6.0.5.2 and took the opportunity to recheck
> Notebookbar. Out of the 6 variants, the first 2 'Contextual Groups' and
> 'Contextual Simple' don't show the little icon. The next 2 variants,
> 'Tabbed' and 'Tabbed Compact' do show the icon.
>
> The last two, 'Grouped bar full' and 'Group bar compact' don't show the
> icon BUT they do have an item at the far right called 'Menu' which has a
> drop down which allows you to toggle on the Menu Bar  - and to select
> the different variants of Notebookbar.
>
> The number of combinations seem to be numerous. I may have missed a
> combination but it seemed to me that although I could turn off the
> regular MenuBar in the Grouped Bar full and compact variants, it still
> appeared in the 2 tabbed variants.
>
> This ribbon seems good to pass away a few spare minutes. For a new user,
> it may provide something of interest but I think I'll stay with the old
> menu bar.
>
> Philip

My observations and sentiments exactly.

Virgil


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