On 08-Jun-06 Wayne Stallwood wrote:
After playing with the beta a bit, I am hoping that OpenOffice doesn't follow the same trend. This new user interface may look slick on a Windows Vista box (BTW Public beta is available for that too) but take it from someone who has been trying to use it in a productive manner for the last few days, it's not that slick to use.
I've dumped some screenshots here http://digimatic.plus.com/office/
Subtle reference:
"For those who like *that* sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like" [Jean Brodie]
Intense reference:
"Yuk"
So the question is, Given that OpenOffice is supposed to be as compatible and familiar as possible for a MS Office user. Will it be forced to adopt this in a similar way...For openoffice what is more important, compatibility and familiarity or getting it "right" ?
Getting it right is always most important. It's essential. Compatibility and familiarity have their uses, for those who are familiar with what it tries to be compatible with, but can be stumbling blocks for others; and when the "familiarity target" tends to intefere with getting it right then there should be secodn thoghts.
Maybe it's not too much to suggest that there whould be two user selectable modes: "getting it right" mode, and "familiarity" mode.
Cheers, Ted.
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