I cannot disagree more. In Italy, most enterprises and every public administration are using Microsoft Access, and this represents a problem when they have to migrate to LibreOffice (as Base is not seen as a good replacement for Microsoft Access, because is missing the scripting feature).
On 10/02/2019 10:56, Pedro Rosmaninho wrote: > Just to mention that Microsoft Access (the equivalent to Base) is barely > used in the professional world. > Usually companies use Excel and connect it to MySQL or apps like PowerBI > depending on the purpose. > > On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 9:40 AM Heiko Tietze <tietze.he...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> While the idea of the Notebookbar is exactly this, to provide completely >> different UIs, I doubt we can make Base "a variant of Calc“. But you are >> very welcome to draft the idea or implement yourself (should be possible >> for everyone who uses mailing lists). >> >>> Am 07.02.2019 um 21:26 schrieb Miguel Mayol <mitc...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> I had today a idea i think is a very good one: >>> >>> One interface option - better if it is the default one - in LO BASE >> equal to the CALC one >>> >>> The reason is that people are using EXCEL for databases >>> because they do not know >>> because they have the cheaper version of MSO without Access >>> and because they think it is "easier" >>> >>> Doing this and a promo viral video that shows that it is >>> - as easy as a spreadsheet to insert and show data >>> - and as powerful as a database to deal with it, >>> especially addressed to university professors and PhD students, probably >> would increase a lot the use of BASE in substitution of MS Excel for >> managing databases, and the use of other components of LibreOffice. >>> >>> I went to bugzilla, but I was not able to log in, so sorry, but as I >> only collaborate with suggestions, I did not want this one that I think is >> great, and probably very easy to implement, to pass by. >>> >>> I remembered an old database named FileMaker that was very easy to use >> because it had a interface near to what a spreadsheet is. >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> Problems? >> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ >> Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy >> > -- Italo Vignoli - Marketing & PR email italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org mobile/signal +39.348.5653829 - skype italovignoli hangout/jabber italo.vign...@gmail.com The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint GPG Key ID - 0xAAB8D5C0 DB75 1534 3FD0 EA5F 56B5 FDA6 DE82 934C AAB8 D5C0 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
