Re:LibreOffice: The Next Five Years
by slfnflctd on Friday July 10, 2020 @08:58AM
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I agree with this, but it was far less clear in the 90s. I think a lot of people (myself included) were expecting/hoping that UIs in productivity software were converging on some sort of finished design or standard that there wouldn't be much reason to monkey around with.
MS Office programs - and many other proprietary software titles - were taught not only in many schools, but also in various vocational programs. You could get 'certified' in having 'mastered' a particular UI, and you expected that knowledge to continue to be useful for years. Seems quaint now, but there were some nice things about it. A carpenter doesn't expect their saws & hammers to radically morph every product cycle.
Re:LibreOffice: The Next Five Years
by bluGill on Friday July 10, 2020 @02:36PM
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In the 90s word was still trying to take the crown from word perfect. Everyone knew guis were the future, but the F Keys in word perfect were important to know.
MS Office programs - and many other proprietary software titles - were taught not only in many schools, but also in various vocational programs. You could get 'certified' in having 'mastered' a particular UI, and you expected that knowledge to continue to be useful for years. Seems quaint now, but there were some nice things about it. A carpenter doesn't expect their saws & hammers to radically morph every product cycle.