[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: LO Writer UI Analysis

> > MS has always been at the antipode of ergonomics. And they keep
> > moving in the *wrong* direction. "Ribbons" ... are just the latest
> > cerebral flatulances 
> > emanating from their "product managers' "brains".
>
> Lol! 

This is *not at all* fun for those screen-labourslaves who are
concerned. By software that, acccording to EU regulations, has been
outlawed 13 years ago.

> BTW: The younger (LO) users are the more they accept Ribbons [1].

Because gamekiddies don't have a clue what efficient *work* with
computers means. And they don't have a clue of what halfway ergonomic
application software can be like.

I have ~25 years of experience as an information worker, mostly
producing long, structured documents with various applications, on
various operating systems.

> Ribbon controls intend to show all at once, as Astron says.

They are a hopeless anti-ergonomic mess.

> Additionally, MS wants to get rid of the main menu for touch screen
> use.

No halfway proficient screenworker who needs to get actual work done
efficiently will ever use "touchscreens". Most don't even use mice,
most of the time.

> > It has been proven over and over again that "separator" lines do
> > *NOT* "separate". They effectively do the *opposite*, besides adding
> > elements that are just confusing for the eyes.
>
> Please prove this statement.

No I won't, because it obscenely evident to anyone who has ever tried to
get a clue of visual ergonomics.

E.g. the rule to (almost) never use "seperation lines" in tables is as
old as LaTeX, iirc.

Sincerely,

Wolfgang

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