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Comment: Re:It is a shame that OpenOffice gets the nice nam (Score 1) 153

by archen (#43747247) Attached to: Apache OpenOffice Downloaded 50 Million Times In a Year

Questions for you:

  • What do you think LibreOffice should do to make its brand more recognizable?

Most people probably think this is irrelevent, but make icons that look like something or ANYTHING. The Libre Office Icons seriously look like the system "I have no icon for this file type" icon. I think a problem with Libre Office is that there is nothing BUT the name. At least Open Office I kind of assocate with the seagulls.

Comment: Re:Bad UI's (Score 2) 614

by archen (#43665209) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Why Won't Companies Upgrade Old Software?

I see this a lot in terminal application replacements. Without a mouse there was a LOT of attention to workflow, and what was presented on which screen. The problem is that you actually have to train people and using the application is considered a skill in and of itself. It takes time to learn sure, but in the end that employee would be far more capable. No one wants to invest in employees like that. It's easier to put people in front of "generic software" that can be used with "general computer skills". Employees are a lot easier to dispose of due to low barrier to entry.

Speaking of workflow, I've noticed that "web based" implementations are obviously done by people who think just being a web page is good enough. Productivity is not even on the radar.

Comment: Re:Nothing new (Score 1) 953

by archen (#43526369) Attached to: Some Windows XP Users Can't Afford To Upgrade

Hardware fails, and then you can be shafted. I'm running into exactly this kind of problem on Windows 98 machines (serial mouse needed, USB support for very very specific things, SATA?... haha). In situations where it's just software running on some generic PC this isn't a problem because with foresight you just buy a spare, but sometimes the machine is only given to you by a vendor, and only set up by them. And it's not like quality control in the PC industry (well what they give you anyway) will guarantee any reasonable lifespan either.

Comment: Re:My Poor Infringed Copyright!! (Score 1) 135

I'd be very interested in that. One thing I've started to wonder about is what will happen to my website after my death. Archive.org stopped archiving changes on my site in 2005 and it only did a so-so job of capturing things anyway. Ages after I'm gone, it's likely http websites may simply have gone away. I've started looking into services that will preserve my site for historical reasons, but I'd feel a lot better having it among a dedicated catalogue in a historical preservation.

There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness. -- Euripides

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