On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 12:53 AM, Mas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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 >
I successfully installed Libreoffice 3.6.3 on windows 8 64bit without any problems. Works pretty fast considering this system has 8GB of ram in it. Still a huge Linux fan , but I have to know windows for my clients. -- -- 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
