Microsoft Word is not shit. Funny how the "WAH WAH BLOATWARE OFFICE" app manages to start up in like .5 seconds with one of the most responsive UIs of any comprehensively-featured productivy app out there, while Openoffice Shit takes like ten minutes to initialise Java, download updates, display fifty splash screens and render 450 toolbar buttons every time you switch to its window.
FUCK.
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Anonymous2006-12-02 5:24
I agree that Word is the best writer of the office suites.
But then it sucks. It almost inherently sucks. Why?
1. Because the managers want features. They want it to write for you. And we don't have good reading, let alone writing automatas yet. Every time Word attempts to do something "smart" or "automatic" it ends up failing hard and pissing me off.
2. Because it's almost impossible to do (so I don't blame them, but criticize the model) a system that will allow you to write rich text with complex styles in a WYSIWYG environment. You can't exactly control where "bolds" end and such. Ever deleted some characters with backspace, then kept writing, and found you're writing in a completely different style? Ever tried to use styles half decently? You can't, because Word does the open and close tags behind the scenes, and can't do it exactly how you'd want because information is missing on the screen.
That's why I just write XHTML+CSS2. It's fast, and you get em-perfect or pixel-perfect alignment. With some readily-available CSS3 extensions, you also get columns and everything you could possibly miss from Word, as well as more features such as rich borders, rounded corners, etc.
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Anonymous2006-12-02 7:30
Openoffice Shit takes like ten minutes to
You can disable all that.
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Anonymous2006-12-02 13:56
VI AND GTFO
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Anonymous2006-12-02 14:34
LaTex is the win
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Anonymous2006-12-03 4:19
ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO ED OR GTFO
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Anonymous2006-12-03 5:03
VIM OR GTFO
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Anonymous2006-12-03 7:33
>>8
You shouldn't HAVE TO disable all that. It should work fast and well to begin with, and shouldn't lose functionality in order to get acceptable performance.
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Anonymous2006-12-03 7:54
>>13
java's fault. it takes too long to boot a java vm
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Anonymous2006-12-03 8:04
PICO PICO PICO NANO NANO NANO AND GTFO
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Anonymous2006-12-03 11:26
>>4
No, your fault for using stupid worthless bloated Java-based crap that truly is worth what it costs.
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Anonymous2006-12-03 11:35
>>16
Durr durr I meant >>14 GUESS I SHOULD HAVE USED OPENOFFICE CALC TO FIGURE THAT OUT
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Anonymous2006-12-03 16:54
>>7
WordPerfect once had this thing called "Reveal Codes" (maybe still does, had to quit WP a while ago) that let you see (and control) where exactly those tags are, akin to writing directly in *ml.
It even had the option of writing in text mode (great if u just want to write text now & worry about styles&shit later), having started as a DOS prog & all that.
I've used that trick before for some small things I had to print out. But if you're doing it regularly for letters and essays and such, why not use XSL:FO and one of those processors that can interpret and print it or convert it to PDF? You'd get even stronger control over printed pages, and can get away with being a snob over adeptness with an XML flavor most people don't know what to do with.