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> between tons of bugs (waiting for printers on startup is a default..), Never had issues with printers to be fair, but it sounds like something that could be
by bArray 1y ago
> between tons of bugs (waiting for printers on startup is a default..),
Never had issues with printers to be fair, but it sounds like something that could be done in a background thread.
Bare in mind that we are contrasting this with Office, which is itself incredibly slow to start.
> extremely janky UI from 20 years ago
I love this about Libreoffice, everything can be located super reliably.
> poor performance
For a Java application I think it's crazily fast?
> and bad formatting issues and incompatibilities
It's certainly not a 100% drop-in replacement. A lot of the formatting issues I have experienced is because a Office user did something that assumes a perfect renderer - something we don't even get in browsers. Like people pressing enter multiple times to create a new page and not just CTRL+ENTER.
- ptx 1y ago> For a Java application I think it's crazily fast? LibreOffice isn't written in Java. It can optionally use Java for extensions and for some database reporting features: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/General/015 https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/General/015
- bArray 1y agoI believe you're correct, I saw some error message on start-up and always assumed it was a Java application.