LibreOffice 7.3 Beta Released With More Improvements For Microsoft Office Files

[Artim]

How many more years doe this insanity* have to continue before it is acknowledged that TDF will NEVER provide a 100% Microsoft-compatible product; that it finally dawns on most people that The Document Foundation has never had any intention of providing it?

Name one program that actually can... It's not that LO doesn't want to, it's simply because it's impossible to do so since ooxml is only an open standard on paper (and should never have been accepted by the ISO for several reasons). So stop telling bs that's so easily disproved.

And, yes, all you LO zombies---you can stuff your childish "even Microsoft is not compatible with Microsoft" prattle. You've been spouting that insanity for twelve years. At least be creative this time.

Well, it's true though. Besides the fact that MS Office >2019 can't even handle the 2007 and 2011 versions of its crappy format anymore, even if written and read by the latest version, both different OS' and the web version show different versions of the same document. So stop trolling, MS should hire someone other than you that is actually able to write something that's not so obviously wrong

[Volta]

And, yes, all you LO zombies---you can stuff your childish "even Microsoft is not compatible with Microsoft" prattle. You've been spouting that insanity for twelve years. At least be creative this time.

Go eat your POS m$ crap. I wouldn't even touch this bloated abomination with a stick.

[Vistaus]

Surprise. Still no fix for the micro font issue.

Bug report or it didn't happen.

[MadeUpName]

Bug report or it didn't happen.

You obviously didn't read the entire thread. But here you go.
"Bug 137924 - [KF5] UI not scaled correctly on HIDPI Wayland/KDE screens "

[Jaxad0127]

And, yes, all you LO zombies---you can stuff your childish "even Microsoft is not compatible with Microsoft" prattle. You've been spouting that insanity for twelve years. At least be creative this time.

Well, it's true though. Besides the fact that MS Office >2019 can't even handle the 2007 and 2011 versions of its crappy format anymore, even if written and read by the latest version, both different OS' and the web version show different versions of the same document. So stop trolling, MS should hire someone other than you that is actually able to write something that's not so obviously wrong

You don't even need to go that far. Office 2007 wasn't even compatible with itself. Back in uni, I remember hearing from the TAs for Intro to Computers that different installs of 2007 were rending the same documents (all created in 2007) differently (all installs on school computers with default settings). I think they determined that different default settings across versions (updates?) of 2007 were the cause; the same document created in two different versions weren't visually identical. This was wreaking havoc with the class.

[skierpage]

How many more years doe this insanity* have to continue before it is acknowledged that TDF will NEVER provide a 100% Microsoft-compatible product; that it finally dawns on most people that The Document Foundation has never had any intention of providing it?

What incoherent nonsense! If heroic engineers could magically infer all the undocumented cruft and edge cases in Microsoft's multiple file formats, and reimplement them bug for bug, TDF would obviously be happy. The project's intention is to improve Microsoft compatibility, and engineers regularly deliver incremental improvements. Why are you against progress?

[danmcgrew]

What incoherent nonsense! If heroic engineers could magically infer all the undocumented cruft and edge cases in Microsoft's multiple file formats, and reimplement them bug for bug, TDF would obviously be happy. The project's intention is to improve Microsoft compatibility, and engineers regularly deliver incremental improvements. Why are you against progress?

"...The project's intention is to improve Microsoft compatibility, and engineers regularly deliver incremental improvements..."
What ARE you smoking? Why are YOU against reality, and admitting to facts?

I am NOT against progress. It would be wonderful if The Document Foundation, ALSO, was not against progress.

What, exactly, do you not understand about the absolute fact that it has taken TDF twelve years to do nothing except to keep offering nothing more than meaningless point releases which have done nothing to increase the basic functionality of LO. Every point release and "major release" generates new regressions, and gives TDF an excuse to work on the next greatest LO release...

Your comment regarding "...heroic engineers..." shows that you know absolutely nothing about how TDF operates. Not only are there no "...heroic engineeres..." at TDF, there are absolutely NO engineers at TDF doing any LO development. They are prevented by German law from doing any development. Simply read TDF's charter.
If you are a big enough fool to send money to TDF in the cause of advancing the development of LibreOffice, you are a a first-class fool. The only thing TDF will do with your money is pay the salaries of all of TDF's high-powered, highly paid executives; you know, the people who get paid to chart the course of this monumental exercise in mediocrity---and keep planning just exactly how they will maintain that mediocrity, AND---most importantly---keep the money from all the fools flowing in.

The only thing which LibreOffice is, is big. Which makes it the ideal tool for all those apologists who think that "big" equates to "good". Some muppets and lemmings even think "big" means "great".

It's been TWELVE YEARS.

What have you gotten for casting your lot with TDF for twelve years?
How long are you going to keep hoping for a miracle?
How long do miracles take?

[sveld]

it has taken TDF twelve years to do nothing except to keep offering nothing more than meaningless point releases which have done nothing to increase the basic functionality of LO. Every point release and "major release" generates new regressions, and gives TDF an excuse to work on the next greatest LO release...

You must be really missing the whole point of open source projects in general. As you already point out yourselves; it's not TDF that does the development, they facilitate, grow and support the ecosystem. They have done a quite good job at that. Look where they are today versus 10 years ago.

If you are a big enough fool to send money to TDF in the cause of advancing the development of LibreOffice, you are a a first-class fool. The only thing TDF will do with your money is pay the salaries of all of TDF's high-powered, highly paid executives; you know, the people who get paid to chart the course of this monumental exercise in mediocrity---and keep planning just exactly how they will maintain that mediocrity, AND---most importantly---keep the money from all the fools flowing in.

You think running and promoting an organization is for free? Not sure what you think is a "big salary"... Do you have examples of the misspendings and the ones getting rich of that? Since all the info on income and spending is freely accessable you can look it all up. Then if you want to spend your money on a specific feature instead of the TDF organization you can hire a certified developer or partner to do the work for you. So, what really is your problem?

[skierpage]

What have you gotten for casting your lot with TDF for twelve years?
How long are you going to keep hoping for a miracle?
How long do miracles take?

Wow you're an asshole. I've happily used an office suite that meets my needs, including compatibility with MS Office documents. And yes, I donate a little to most free software projects that I use. What the hell do you do with your money to make things better, you blowhard P.O.S. ?

[danmcgrew]

Wow you're an asshole. I've happily used an office suite that meets my needs, including compatibility with MS Office documents. And yes, I donate a little to most free software projects that I use. What the hell do you do with your money to make things better, you blowhard P.O.S. ?

There, there, there...feel all better now?

Be a good little soldier, and take all your meds when your mommy unlocks the door and comes in next time...