On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:58:20 +0200 Came this utterance formulated by Patrick DESAUNAY to my mailbox:
> I approve Max comments, almost all of them. They are useful > improvements. > Some already exist in the program. Max simply has not learned how to take advantage of them. > Michael, Thank you for your kind comments, but please understand such > opinion as mine (and others): > a) Many OOo supporters argue when a feature is requested "do this > instead", "it is not so severe" . Simply, when it is not here, it > should be considered to implement it. It only means: "make a better > product"., "answer to customers need (it means Quality)" etc... A perceived requirement may actually reduce quality by making the program more bloated and slower. > b) although a long time user of OOo, I fully disagree with comments > such as "it should not be a copycat" to justify missing features. OOo > should be BETTER than MS. And it is not. Too many features are bugged, > and too many features are missing. So, it should, at least, be a > copycat, and then a better product. You are happy to swap to a ribbon interface? AFAICT this will slow down productivity and increase learning required, only to make it easier for newbies. I think the ribbon in OO.o is a frivolous idea, when so many bugs need squashing (I haven't yet tried 3.1.1). > BTW, many users I try to convince to move to OOo simply answer: "not > compatible". The time it takes them to learn bypasses and other > turnarounds cost too much in their organisations for them to move to > something else, even free (one day of training costs more than one > licence, did you know this?) >From Office 2003 upgrade training for OO.o is easier than for Office 2007. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
