I am going to stick my head above the parapet and say it should have an embedded database functionality that is secure and reliable. That is an essential requirement for entry-level users that have only ever used Access.
On 5 October 2012 13:34, Pertti Rönnberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I agree with Mark. > > The question itself is interesting but an answer does not explain anything > relevant. > > Let us turn the question around:how many people should use LO-Base if > there was a LibO-version available that is ready to use, reliable, and free > of problems (bugs). > > If > > its installing instructions should be complete, consequent, and placed >>> >> in one easy to find place > > the program's every single detail should work -- functions, features, >>> >> processes at a level (e.g.) similar to MSAccess (2003) --the ability to > build decent reports included (and the embedded db-engine and its guides > up-dated and supported) > > the guiding documentation (& help) should be logic, understandable and >>> >> in every detail correlating with the program > > With the exception of heavy industrial systems the need and possibilities > of up to medium complex databases in everyday life at home are unlimited -- > only limited by the decision to start creating. > > There are really nothing difficult in creating such "home databases"-- no > need to be an "Einstein", if only good guidings are available. Creating > database applications is also a very interesting form of brain training -- > and the feeling when succeeding is a "yippee". If you know how to use > Writer/Word and Calc/Excel (esp. as "databases") you are almost half way. > What you still has to do is to study and learn some few basic theories > about and how to create the tables and the queries(experiment manually, not > with wizards, if you want to learn and understand);creating the forms and > the reports is just a matter of following instructions. > > If you want LibO to be a popular competitor to MSO (& MSAccess), then the > rest is only a question of marketing. > > > As far as I have experienced LibO-Base (v. 3.4.5), there are only a few > details left to fixed before LibO should be almost perfect. > > About contributing > > A basic rule in quality systems (ISO9000) is that if you want improvement > you must first identify the problems (faults, weaknesses) -- and then > follow up by a plan and an improving activity. > > LibO might be a very fine and usable suit -- especially if also its Base > module (docs included) should work properly, at least as promised in > introductions. > > Mr Dan Lewis is doing a good and valuable work when updating and > completing the Base's documentation and it is obvious that without any help > his project will take a long time. > > Last winter I started to read and follow up experimenting Dan's docs with > the intension to send my comments as points of views. And hadquite a lot > already done. > > At this list I several times also mentioned some quite basic > problems/faults both in Base's docs and especially in the modules's > features. > > I never got any kind of response, I don' t know if my proposals were > noticed, nor do I know if the mentioned things have been fixed. > > So I skipped working any further on experimenting LibO-Base and its docs. > (I am now back to OO and tries to learn MySQL) > > You may take this as some sort of a contribution too. > > Best regards > > Pertti Rönnberg > > > > On 4.10.2012 18:04, Mark Stanton wrote: > >> Question: How many people do you know use Base, or have tried to use >>> Base? >>> >> Whilst there is some quite valid criticism of Base, I don't think >> answering >> this question says as much about Base as it does about the general usage >> of databases. They are less familiar than word processors, spreadsheets >> or >> drawing packages. >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected].** > org <users%[email protected]> > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** > unsubscribe/<http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** > Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: > http://listarchives.**libreoffice.org/global/users/<http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
