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Comment Yes but (Score 1) 58

When TDF compares LibreOffice with Microsoft Office (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Feature_Comparison:_LibreOffice_-_Microsoft_Office), they claim (among other things) that the latter doesn't offer Styles, while the former offers partial support for Table Styles. Although I've used OpenOffice / LO almost exclusively for the last 20 years, I find it hard to take them seriously when they make such blatantly false claims. Microsoft Office is much stronger when it comes to Styles, and LibreOffice offers zero support for Table Styles -- actually, it's worse than zero, because what they call "styles" isn't really styles at all; it's just a macro that you can't remove once applied to a table.

LO also has terrible formula quality with stretching symbols such as matrix brackets, and Kohei messed up paragraph borders ages ago causing thin gaps to paragraph borders. They still don't fix these issues but instead come up with silly experiments such as interpreting pasted plaintext as markdown, leading to data loss if you paste stuff that happens to have some similar elements to Markdown.

Seriously, LO needs to fix its own issues and stop complaining about Microsoft. It's a shame because it has some great features (eg. the unified Draw/Writer), far better vector graphics support, far better PDF export, etc. which is what's holding me to it for so long.

Comment Re:Beware of Pooh's Bearing gifts (Score 3) 90

As Tom wended to school after breakfast, he was the envy of every boy he met because the gap in his upper row of teeth enabled him to expectorate in a new and admirable way. He gathered quite a following of lads interested in the exhibition; and one that had cut his finger and had been a centre of fascination and homage up to this time, now found himself suddenly without an adherent, and shorn of his glory. His heart was heavy, and he said with a disdain which he did not feel, that it wasn't anything to spit like Tom Sawyer; but another boy said "Sour grapes!" and he wandered away a dismantled hero. -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Comment Who cares about Greenpeace ? (Score 1) 240

Greenpeace and other environmental groups have staged vocal protests against the plan, including by dropping a banner down the front of the Reichstag building Friday. They argue that the government's road map won't reduce Germany's greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to meet the targets set out in the Paris climate accord.

Is it really necessary to mention "Greenpeace and other environmental groups" ?

Comment Re: And what about the fanboys ? (Score 1) 235

Yes, but when there are dozens of these guys, you have valuable data. Eg. Firefox fanbois at Reddit, in resonance with their moderators, hate Brave. They were key in my decision to switch to Brave from Mozilla, and after testing a few other browsers when I had available time, I found that indeed Brave was the best choice for me.

Comment And what about the fanboys ? (Score 2) 235

I've been reading reactions at comment pages, and they remind me of how AMD fanboys reacted here at Slashdot many years ago when the first story about Core2 was published. They too didn't appreciate the news and the change of times they would entail. For me personally, a well-sized group of annoyed fanboys is an even stronger endorsement.

But its nice to see Torvalds being excited with his hardware.

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