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Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote

From Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote
Date 2018-12-20 07:15 -0700
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On 12/18/18 9:00 PM, RonB wrote:
> On 2018-12-18, SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> wrote:
>> On 2018-12-17 3:58 p.m., RonB wrote:
>>> On 2018-12-17, SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> wrote:
>>>> On 2018-12-17 11:33 a.m., DFS wrote:
>>>>> On 12/17/2018 11:11 AM, fr314159@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> If it's Intel or AMD combined with GNU/Linux then it is EXCELLENT.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It is LAUGHABLE.  It means crapware like Claws and LibreOffice and
>>>>> Thunar and Gambas and gnucash and k3b and nautilus.
>>>>>
>>>>> Who in their right mind?
>>>>
>>>> Claws, in particular, is especially awful. You know it's garbage when
>>>> Wretched Stallman recommends it.
>>>
>>> In what way is Claws "especially awful?" At least it worked, which is more
>>> than I say for Microshit half the time.
>>
>> Its interface is clunky, the settings are counter-intuitive and features
>> which exist in even the worst mail readers, like HTML composition, are
>> noticeably absent.
> 
> I think intuitiveness is often overrated. Wordstar was about as intuitive as
> nothing, but once you learned how to use it, it was extremely fast and
> efficient. That said, I was able to learn Claws pretty quickly. There is
> another thing about "intuitivety" (if that's a word) ... what it usually
> really means is that the software is like something you already use and have
> learned (not intuited) in the past.

I think the better focus is discoverability... and having more common 
tasks easier to get to.

>>> As for LibreOffice, in my opinion it's superior to Microshit Office. (Of
>>> course, that's not setting the bar very high.)
>>
>> I don't think it's better, but I like it more too.
> 
> I found out that (for Windows machines) Lotus SmartSuite 9.8.1 is available
> on Archive.org (the TuCows archive subdivision of the site) as
> freeware/abandonware. This version has the fixes so it will work on Windows
> 10 and down. I liked Lotus WordPro a lot. I might even see if it will run
> under Wine. Also includes 1-2-3, Organizer, Approach (maybe a couple other
> applications – I just used WordPro).
> 


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Halloween Docs Daily Quote "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-12-17 09:56 +0000
  NONE of the Linux COLA Tards crap is worth reading Simon bar Sinister <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2018-12-17 02:55 -0800
  Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2018-12-17 08:37 -0500
    Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-12-17 06:05 -0800
      Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-12-17 06:54 -0800
        Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-12-17 07:19 -0800
          Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2018-12-17 11:03 -0500
            Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-12-17 12:08 -0500
              Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-12-17 11:43 -0600
              Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-12-17 21:04 +0000
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-12-17 14:46 -0700
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-12-18 10:08 -0500
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-12-18 07:37 -0800
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-12-20 07:20 -0700
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-12-20 07:23 -0700
          Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2018-12-18 04:01 -0800
            Halloween Docs Daily Quote Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-12-18 04:19 -0800
              Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-12-19 04:01 +0000
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-12-20 07:16 -0700
            Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-12-18 07:34 -0600
              Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-12-18 08:02 -0800
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-12-18 12:05 -0500
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-12-18 09:29 -0800
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-12-19 06:01 -0800
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-12-19 07:19 -0800
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-12-19 04:04 +0000
            Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-12-20 06:48 -0700
      Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2018-12-17 10:39 -0500
        Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-12-17 10:57 -0500
          Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-12-17 08:11 -0800
            Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2018-12-17 11:33 -0500
              Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-12-17 08:44 -0800
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2018-12-17 12:11 -0500
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2018-12-17 12:26 -0500
              Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-12-17 12:13 -0500
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-12-17 20:58 +0000
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-12-17 20:59 -0500
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-12-19 04:00 +0000
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-12-19 08:54 -0500
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-12-20 07:15 -0700
                Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-12-19 05:55 -0800
          Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2018-12-17 11:12 -0500
            Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-12-17 12:11 -0500
              Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-12-18 00:03 +0000
        Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-12-17 08:10 -0800
          Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2018-12-19 19:02 -0500
            Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-12-20 00:16 +0000
              Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote Hadron Quark <hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2018-12-20 10:00 +0100
              Re: Halloween Docs Daily Quote DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2018-12-20 09:31 -0500

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