https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117463
--- Comment #29 from John Mills <jmill...@yahoo.com> --- Hi jan d, Just on your statement: >For me it hinges a bit on who is the target group for LO. If it is people who >are about open source software: Options and showing community efforts are >great. > But if we assume we compete more with software for office workers who > otherwise use MSO or SoftMaker or WPS… Then I would go with the UX principle > of choosing a decent default options – since most people leave it as it is. The LibreOffice Next Decade manifesto: https://www.documentfoundation.org/assets/Documents/tdf-manifesto.pdf The very first point: WE COMMIT OURSELVES: 'To eliminate the digital divide in society by giving everyone access to office productivity tools free of charge to enable them to participate as full citizens in the 21st century' I don't see any other way that other than LibreOffice is targeted at typical users of office software. No where in that manifesto can I see it saying that this is targeted at open source 'activists' first. The wonderful thing about LibreOffice and FLOSS software in particular is that is a great equalizer. From the poorest to richest the our rights are the same. The document foundation provide a fantastic Office suite that respects user freedoms and empowers them. That is critical, anything that enables this and encourages more users to break away from proprietary software should be encouraged. I think a providing a user interface similar to what > 90% of users interact with can only be a positive step, it's a great starting point. Note also the first value rejected. 'The ownership of office productivity tools by monopoly suppliers which imposes a de-facto tax on global electronic free speech and penalises the economically disadvantaged.' LibreOffice competes for the poorest users against 'pirated' versions of Microsoft Office. When a user has no inclination that something free (libre/gratis)exists that respects them they become a prisoner. It is insidious. Anyway I apologise if off topic, but I just wanted to make clear who could benefit by this decision. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Libreoffice-ux-advise mailing list Libreoffice-ux-advise@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-ux-advise
