On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 17:50 -0500, Homer Whittaker wrote: I'm glad it is working... > > I would like to comment on your discourse in the paragraphs above. I > gather you are a Windows person and I do not know if you work in Linux, > BSD, or other Unix off shoots. I have been working with various flavors > of Linux for the past few years and my comment concerning your comment > would be how does one get the information to an average user. If you > get too verbose then the "average" user is not going to stick around to > see if the program is any good or not. In my experience the average > user is not at all technical and has no interest in the technicalities > of Windows versus Linux. The average user wants to press the icon > button and have it work. You may be able to determine if the actual > Excel program commands are simpler to make it work or not. I do not > have a Windows machine available to try out the differences in the > command structures. Going back a few years, if I recall correctly, the > Windows spreadsheets where rather intuitive. Type it out and you could > usually find a command icon to do the job for you. Two or three levels > down was okay, but not too far down please! My point being that the > Linux, BSD, or MAC command presentation cannot be any more complex than > the Windoz commands in Excel, or whatever. > I generally only use Linux (Gentoo, to be specific), but there are times that I must fire up Windows. I try to keep my Windows apps limited to those that will run under CrossOver Office (WINE). It is my feeling that *nix users are more experienced and can be lead by support staff easier.
That being said, there are quirks (or features) of every GUI (Windows, GNOME, etc) that do not translate well across the OSes...I can't recall any right now, but shortcut keys need careful attention for this reason. So what may be intuitive to someone who predominately uses Solaris, may not be so to the average Windows user. Remember, Excel runs only under Windows and the Mac...OOo covers several more disparate systems. This is one of OOo's strengths. Unfortunately there are times when you need to bring up specific OS functions when troubleshooting an application...printing is a good example. -- Regards, Rick Barnes www.nostabo.net Read my blog: http://www.nostabo.net/blog/index.php ******************************************************************* PRIVILEGED - PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL This electronic mail is solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information which is confidential or privileged. If you receive this electronic mail in error, please delete it from your system immediately and notify the sender by electronic mail or using any of the contact details noted herein. This e-mail sent via Evolution 2.4.1 running on a Linux 2.6.15 64 bit kernel.
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