Not sure about the future of a product most people think is a joke.
The OpenOffice.org Mouse is Real
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Re: The OpenOffice.org Mouse is Real
#32Not sure about the future of a product most people think is a joke.
Like the red swingline?
Re: The OpenOffice.org Mouse is Real
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
They should have just put a laser tracker under a keyboard. Then you'd have a 104-key mouse and you'd never have to move your hands again.
I'd actually be interested to have the area where my wrists make contact with the keyboard be responsive like a large version of the old Thinkpad "TrackPoint" cursor dot thingy.
The unofficial name was "the clitoris" - with practice I liked it but I don't often get chance to play with one now ;0)>
Re: The OpenOffice.org Mouse is Real
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#35I'd like to thank them for creating a better parody of themselves than anybody else could have.
When did OpenOffice become a shorthand for 'bad usability'?
I mean they're basically just cloning Microsoft Office (There's a joke there but I'll avoid it). I can think of a bunch of problems with OpenOffice but I've never felt they had a particular problem with usability, not compared with Microsoft Office nor with your average Windows or Linux app.
Don't get me wrong there is always room for improvement and they used to do some crazy stuff years back (like have their own desktop) but I'm fairly certain that's in the past.
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#36OpenOffice is getting ridiculous. All we want is a super-fast client with capabilities on-par with office 2003. YComb should fund some company to do this; load times are getting way out of hand, especially on the mac.
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#37I'm still waiting for the foot pedals.
Re: The OpenOffice.org Mouse is Real
#38OpenOffice is getting ridiculous. All we want is a super-fast client with capabilities on-par with office 2003. YComb should fund some company to do this; load times are getting way out of hand, especially on the mac.
What are they on macs? I get 7s cold and 3s warm start on my quite dated linux laptop. Which I'm ok with.
Re: The OpenOffice.org Mouse is Real
#39I'd like to thank them for creating a better parody of themselves than anybody else could have.
When did OpenOffice become a shorthand for 'bad usability'? I mean they're basically just cloning Microsoft Office (There's a joke there but I'll avoid it). I can think of a bunch of problems with OpenOffice but I've never felt they had a particular problem with usability, not compared with Microsoft Office nor with your average Windows or Linux app. Don't get me wrong there is always room for improvement and they us…
The problem is that they're "basically just cloning microsoft office". No good usability work comes from basically cloning.
Taking ideas / inspiration from Microsoft Office is great, it's a successful product. But basically cloning just means it works sort of like office, but different enough to be annoying, with no attention paid to designing the overall user experience. It's the same reason Gimp is such a nightmare for Photoshop users.
Re: The OpenOffice.org Mouse is Real
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
When did OpenOffice become a shorthand for 'bad usability'? I mean they're basically just cloning Microsoft Office (There's a joke there but I'll avoid it). I can think of a bunch of problems with OpenOffice but I've never felt they had a particular problem with usability, not compared with Microsoft Office nor with your average Windows or Linux app. Don't get me wrong there is always room for improvement and they us…
The problem is that they're "basically just cloning microsoft office". No good usability work comes from basically cloning. Taking ideas / inspiration from Microsoft Office is great, it's a successful product. But basically cloning just means it works sort of like office, but different enough to be annoying, with no attention paid to designing the overall user experience. It's the same reason Gimp is such a nightmare…
Gimp isn't a nightmare for Photoshop users just because of usability. It's a nightmare for Photoshop users because most of the features we rely on (say, layer grouping and layer blending effects) are flat out missing.