Re: The name of applications on GNOME 3.7.92 testing image
- From: meg ford <meg387 gmail com>
- To: Mathieu Bridon <bochecha fedoraproject org>
- Cc: "desktop-devel-list gnome org" <desktop-devel-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: The name of applications on GNOME 3.7.92 testing image
- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:36:47 -0500
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Mathieu Bridon
<bochecha fedoraproject org> wrote:
Most people I know use a word processor (MS Word, LibreOffice Writer,...) when they want to write text, even for quick things without formatting.
I don't think a **simple** text editor à-la Notepad really is that useful for anybody. It might even be confusing for many people.
Try to explain the difference between a "word processor" and a "text editor" for example. Usually, the next question is « But then what's the point of something that lets you type simple text, but without any formatting? »
I used to use word processing programs, but now I only use Google Docs (if that counts as a word processing program), a text editor (for writing code and taking notes in class), or a note-taking application. Word processing programs are (imo) generally unwieldy, inconvenient, and don't provide enough document portability. As a student I want to have access to my documents no matter what device I am using, so I tend to choose convenience over lots of formatting options. Anyway, that's just my use case.
Meg Ford
I personally have no idea of the answer, as like you said, there are (or will be) dedicated apps for the interesting use cases (e.g note-taking).
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Mathieu
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