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LibreOffice 6.1 released

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Re: LibreOffice 6.1 released

#11

Post by mksaunders »

mrob wrote: post #9
sjmulder wrote: post #2

To continue navigation on the website, you need to acknowledge our privacy policy Policy not linked or displayed. After clicking "Privacy Preferences": As the protection of your personal data is an important concern for us, please click on the "More information" link to access our Privacy Policy page No such links anywhere in that thing. But there is one in the page footer: https://www.documentfoundation.org/about-us…

I browse with Javascript disabled by default, so I didn't know they were doing this. Why does the Document Foundation need to track me? Is LibreOffice itself doing something sneaky that I don't know about? I'd expect this kind of behavior from Facebook or Google, not a Free Software charitable foundation. Seeing that pop-up when I enabled Javascript made me think less of the Document Foundation. If they have a legiti…

> Why does the Document Foundation need to track me?

It's not "tracking" (in the sense of monitoring what you do on other sites). On the LibreOffice website, we use the open source stats tool Matomo (formerly Piwik) to get an overview of how people use the site, how people go from one page to another, so that we can improve it. Lots of FOSS projects do this. Also, as explained in the privacy policy, JavaScript is required if you want to use certain third-party services that are embedded into some pages: https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/privacy/privacy-policy-...

> Is LibreOffice itself doing something sneaky that I don't know about?

Of course not. We're a volunteer-driven, community open source project. It's all in the open :-) If you really want to change how the website works, we'd appreciate a hand: website+subscribe@global.libreoffice.org - thanks!

Re: LibreOffice 6.1 released

#12

Post by mksaunders »

stef25 wrote: post #10

Way better than any Office alternative but also extremely sluggish on my machine. I just use it to read csv files and even at that it's abnormally slow.

I use it on Linux and macOS and it's pretty fast with CSV files (although I'm not sure how large the ones you're using are!)

If it's specific CSV files that are causing an issue, and you don't mind sharing them, you could attach them to a bug report: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org

Also try resetting your profile in case that's an issue: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile#Resolving_co...

Re: LibreOffice 6.1 released

#13

Post by maaark »

sleepless wrote: post #5
nailer wrote: post #3

It would be great to actually see the new Windows theme, and the UI changes mentioned, in the actual blog post.

here you go: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.1#Icon_Th...

Thanks, I hate it.

The old icons were far clearer as to their purpose. Save is now a download button in case children don't recognize a floppy...

Re: LibreOffice 6.1 released

#14

Post by WorkLifeBalance »

mksaunders wrote: post #11
mrob wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I browse with Javascript disabled by default, so I didn't know they were doing this. Why does the Document Foundation need to track me? Is LibreOffice itself doing something sneaky that I don't know about? I'd expect this kind of behavior from Facebook or Google, not a Free Software charitable foundation. Seeing that pop-up when I enabled Javascript made me think less of the Document Foundation. If they have a legiti…

> Why does the Document Foundation need to track me? It's not "tracking" (in the sense of monitoring what you do on other sites). On the LibreOffice website, we use the open source stats tool Matomo (formerly Piwik) to get an overview of how people use the site, how people go from one page to another, so that we can improve it. Lots of FOSS projects do this. Also, as explained in the privacy policy, JavaScript is req…

1. What you've described as 'not "tracking" ' is tracking. It's not third-party tracking but you're still deliberately adding a cookie for the purpose of tracking users across your site.

2. Your privacy policy contains:

> !!!add opt-out frame on the website at this position!!!

Re: LibreOffice 6.1 released

#15

Post by mksaunders »

WorkLifeBalance wrote: post #14
mksaunders wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Why does the Document Foundation need to track me? It's not "tracking" (in the sense of monitoring what you do on other sites). On the LibreOffice website, we use the open source stats tool Matomo (formerly Piwik) to get an overview of how people use the site, how people go from one page to another, so that we can improve it. Lots of FOSS projects do this. Also, as explained in the privacy policy, JavaScript is req…

1. What you've described as 'not "tracking" ' is tracking. It's not third-party tracking but you're still deliberately adding a cookie for the purpose of tracking users across your site. 2. Your privacy policy contains: > !!!add opt-out frame on the website at this position!!!

> 1. What you've described as 'not "tracking" ' is tracking. It's not third-party tracking but you're still deliberately adding a cookie for the purpose of tracking users across your site.

OK, we're using open source tools to try to improve the site. Plenty of other FOSS projects do this... Not sure why we're being singled out :-)

Re: LibreOffice 6.1 released

#16

Post by mksaunders »

maaark wrote: post #13
sleepless wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

here you go: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.1#Icon_Th...

Thanks, I hate it. The old icons were far clearer as to their purpose. Save is now a download button in case children don't recognize a floppy...

Then simply use the older icons :-)

EDIT: Three steps:

1. Go to Tools > Options in the menu 2. Click View on the left 3. Then choose Icon style on the right

Re: LibreOffice 6.1 released

#17

Post by wila »

mksaunders wrote: post #16
maaark wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, I hate it. The old icons were far clearer as to their purpose. Save is now a download button in case children don't recognize a floppy...

Then simply use the older icons :-) EDIT: Three steps: 1. Go to Tools > Options in the menu 2. Click View on the left 3. Then choose Icon style on the right

> Then simply use the older icons :-)

Simple for you doesn't mean simple for other people.

Without writing down the steps on exactly how-to use the older icons, it doesn't equate to simple in my opinion.

IOW, you probably had done yourself a favor to not use the word "simply".

Re: LibreOffice 6.1 released

#18

Post by [deleted] »

maaark wrote: post #13
sleepless wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

here you go: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.1#Icon_Th...

Thanks, I hate it. The old icons were far clearer as to their purpose. Save is now a download button in case children don't recognize a floppy...

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Re: LibreOffice 6.1 released

#19

Post by modzu »

sjmulder wrote: post #2

To continue navigation on the website, you need to acknowledge our privacy policy Policy not linked or displayed. After clicking "Privacy Preferences": As the protection of your personal data is an important concern for us, please click on the "More information" link to access our Privacy Policy page No such links anywhere in that thing. But there is one in the page footer: https://www.documentfoundation.org/about-us…

reflects how i remember the UI of libre - ugly. that said keep up the good work guys

Re: LibreOffice 6.1 released

#20

Post by [deleted] »

maaark wrote: post #13
sleepless wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

here you go: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.1#Icon_Th...

Thanks, I hate it. The old icons were far clearer as to their purpose. Save is now a download button in case children don't recognize a floppy...

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