James Knott wrote > I came across this article today. > > http://www.techrepublic.com/article/libreoffice-5-1-sweet-subtle-and-necessary-polish/?ftag=TRE475558a&bhid=12825460
Interesting article. Unfortunately Jack Wallen is not aware (or deliberately ignores) that 5.1.0 is the .0 release in a new branch. Even if it has new features (because it is a new branch...) it is still very raw and it should not be recommended for general use. So 5.1 is not a .1 fix over 5.0. It is a new branch with new features (and new bugs and regressions). Branch 5.1 should be usable around 5.1.3 (just like 5.0.5 is an excellent version) A good example is Open Remote File. It is an excellent improvement. Except that because this is a .0 release it fails to work on some systems/OSes (search bugzilla to see what I mean). Another example is OpenGL. In branch 5.1 OpenGL is set to ON by default. Unfortunately OpenGL is currently not a good experience (at least in my experience with several machines ranging from Windows XP to 10). The menus are blurry and slow, which is particularly noticeable on older/slower systems. So, yes branch 5.1 has great things but don't make such a fuss about a .0 (again, it is 5.1.0) release. Just my 2 cents... -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice-5-1-Sweet-subtle-and-necessary-polish-TechRepublic-tp4175715p4175761.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org 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
