Lars Nooden wrote:
John Boyle wrote:
To all users: I am curious as to why OpenOffice needs a new Gui? Can
someone please explain that to me, as I find it is the easiest program
to work with from opening to closing it when finished! Why on earth
change the part of the program that makes it work the best? That is one
of the MAJOR reasons why Microsoft in general is such a flop! Please do
not change the GUI for this program, or you may lose many users! Least
as far as upgrading is concerned! :-(
Fouling the opponent is a time-honored, if despised, business tradition.
The ribbon is a flop, so something has to be done to trip up OOo...
-Lars
Hello John, Lars,
Well - OpenOffice.org as you may know has been running a user survey for
the last couple of yours, at least.
During that time not hundreds and not thousands but tens of thousands of
users have responded.
In that data there are significant numbers of people that do report less
then satisfactory experiences with the applications.
Additionally there is the simple fact that the rest of the software
world is constantly changing and every application has to adapt as it does.
Put another way - there is very little room for any application to rest
on its laurels for long and have any hope of staying relevant.
Recently on this list one of the primary developers has offered a rather
detailed explanation of what thought processes are driving the change.
The User Experience (UX) team also works via mailing lists - the lists
are available for anyone to follow. There are discussions ongoing on
those lists.
Personally I haven't made up my mind whether I like or dislike the
direction the team is heading with the prototype.
I do believe that the UX team made a small mistake in calling the
preview that was released an Impress Prototype - it is much to early in
the process and too lacking in functionality to be so named, IMO.
I'll add this - Everyone involved in this ongoing work has stated that
they are not trying to clone MSO and in the five years I have been
participating in this project and interacting with those actively
developing it there has been not a single time that I have felt anyone
was disingenuous in their dealings with me. Put bluntly, I take them at
their word not simply on faith but because they have earned my trust by
their actions.
Am I saying that you should just be quiet and accept whatever comes -
not at all - you are free to express your like or dislike, you can make
suggestions or you can even start a petition. You are free to not change
to the new application, when it happens finally. (and everyone involved,
that I've seen emails from, is talking about years for that change) I
will say though, if you are looking for the application to just not
change at all, then that is not a viable option.
Sincerely,
Drew
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