On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 10:13 PM, anne-ology <[email protected]> wrote:
> yes, I did in the stores. > > When the HD died on my computer, I had to look at what was out there > - the changes astounded me; > WIN8 is designed to mesh with these hand-helds, which use > applications designed by MsFT ;-( > > These are designed for speed, which gives one no time to think > before responding ... > these are designed to use without the usual keyboard; some have > one but it doesn't operate the same way at all ;-( > > Therefore, if your idea is to write, research, or even communicate > via e-mail with others, then I have no clue as to why one would use these > newest 'gadgets' - at least I do not want to memorize these acronyms, > emoticons, ... I will stick to using proper, grammatically correct > sentences to describe my thoughts. > > As for those with poor eye-sight, or arthritis, or with only 1 hand > - > I happen to know a couple of blind individuals who had been > able to communicate via their computers through these reading-text programs > - these do not operate on the newer machines; and the WIN8 ones are not > designed to help these folks at all. > > > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi :) > > Someone from the Accessibility List has been using it but it takes a lot > > to set it up for screen-readers and the person's other normal Windows > > tweaks are taking a lot of effort this time. > > > > I didn't ask how great the general move to touch-screen functionality is, > > for non-fully-sighted users! > > Regards from > > Tom :) > > > > > > > > > > > > From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P <[email protected]> > > >To: LibreO - Users Global <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Thursday, 1 November 2012, 8:41 > > >Subject: [libreoffice-users] has anyone tried LO on Windows 8? > > > > > > > > >I know that Windows 8 just came out, and a lot of people are waiting for > > their new Win8 systems to be delivered. The real question is "has anyone > > tried LibreOffice on a Win8 machine?" > > > > > >With their new touch-optimized OS, and all of their changes to the way > > you use and access the apps on it, I was wondering how LibreOffice is > > "running" on this "radically" new environment. > > > > > >I was reading a set of articles about Windows 8 and the pros and cons of > > upgrading your current OS to it. There was "talk" on how some software > had > > to be changed to deal with the "formally known as Metro" environment. > > There were many different opinions about what was going to be needed to > be > > done to make current packages work "properly" with the new environment. > > > > > >So, has anyone out there tried Windows 8 and LO with it? Desktop > version > > and touch screen laptop-style system? > > > > > > > windows 8 is pretty much the same as windows 7 with everything moved around. I have been testing Windows 8 since March 2012. Well it has a lot of new inner features and the removal of the start menu. It seem to be the best release yet by MS. I am actually installing it now so i will reply back in regards to how libreoffice works on windows 8 -- -- Masekela Walls Web Security Analyst | Senior Server Administrator Powserve.com / Gemini ISP Networks -- 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
