Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > I think Base nearly does do the best way around. The only problem is that > the easiest thing, the embedded database, is currently dangerously broken. > The devs appear to be addressing that although, obviously, they can't fix > the whole thing all at one go. The first step seems reasonably well chosen > to get the main bulk away from java. > > I'm sure Java didn't used to be so awful. It seems to have nose-dived > since Oracle took over but maybe that is preparation for monetising it and > that is a reasonable thing for a profit-making company to want to do.
My criticism was not at all directed specifically against Base as I don't know the first thing about it. It was rather directed against the idea that developers know better than users. They rarely, if ever, do, IMHO. Users have a zillion creative ways of (mis-)using a product, many of them undreamt-of by its developers. So the more user choice and less developer diktat a product exhibits, the better it is, in general. I avoid Java as much as I possibly can (read: always) but my argument has nothing whatsoever to do with Java. Jon > > On 5 August 2014 13:33, Jon Harringdon <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Wolfgang Keller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > So I come back to my suggestion earlier today - LO Base needs to give > > > > the user the opportunity to specify what they want - RAM or file > > > > based, single file or multiple files. > > > > > > That would only confuse most end users. > > > > Hear, hear. > > > > > The point is that the developers should make the most reasonable > > > choice > > > > This mindset will not help LO broaden its user base. Users (even if most > > are apparently deemed stupid by some) should be in the driving seat and > > not some anonymous "developers". > > > > Pip Coburn writes this about the tech industry: "I believe that users > > are always in charge and that supply is a necessary but not sufficient > > condition for commercial success. Companies and products geared toward > > this holistic user orientation will succeed at far greater rates than > > those stuck in a supplier-oriented mind-set." As far as I'm concerned > > that hits the nail squarely on the head. > > > > And as to confusing users with complex choices... a well-designed system > > can be simple for simple needs and complex for complex needs. > > > > One-size-fits-all rarely fits anyone. > > > > IMHO etc. > > > > Jon > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe 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 > > > > -- To unsubscribe 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
