Re: [tdf-discuss] Survey: Usage of LibreOffice components

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> From: Robert Boehm <boehm.robert1@gmail.com>
> To: discuss@documentfoundation.org
> Sent: Sun, November 28, 2010 1:14:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] Survey: Usage of LibreOffice components
>
> On 11/28/2010 12:09 PM, Sebastian G. <bastik> wrote:
> > I'd like to  know which components are most used and maybe why others are 
> not. If you used  OpenOffice before you can include your usage data as well.
> > This is more or less private.  There's no goal (other than to satisfy my 
> curiosity) of this survey, but someone  might use it for it's own purposes. e.g. 
> discussing about changing installer  defaults, creating a light installer... and 
> so on.
> > I start  (OpenOffice usage included):
> >
> > Writer = 90%
> > Calc =  09%
> > Impress = 01%
> > Draw = 00%
> > Base = 00%
> > Math =  00%

Writer - 80%
Calc  - 18%
Impress - 1%

Base - well, I'd rather use a full RDBMS, if I need an interface I'll write one. 
Base/MS-Access has no use for me. Though I will probably use Base to access some 
old Access MDB's I have laying around from years ago.
Math - I don't do formulas, so no.
Draw - haven't used it yet

I mostly do spreadsheets, documents, and some occasional presentation slides.

> > Do  you use the quick starter?
> >
> > I don't use the quick starter.
> Do not use Quickstarter because the  computers are fast enough
> that it's not necessary.

+100. I turn off all these things. I also review the start-up stuff on my 
Windows systems every now and again and remove anything I do not know and 
anything I think is unnecessary - even if it doesn't have a sys-tray icon.
Removing this would be one more step for the good of all software users.

It is never necessary to pre-load a program so as to make users _think_ 
(perception) that the software loads faster than it really does. If such steps 
are necessary, then the codebase needs to be reworked to actually _be_ faster.

I use OOo (for now) at home exclusively; though I do have to use in conjunction 
to MS Office at work; at least for converting DOC files from ODF. I do the 
conversion via OOWriter, but then have to go clean-up the cross-references, etc. 
in Word to ensure everything is correct.

Ben



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