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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Windows victims: go ahead and pretend you don't want or need the greatest PC software available Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 05:43:42 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <6638465a$0$8092$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <663cbb0a$0$7181$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <663d5bf3$0$6435$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 07:43:42 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7a85cfa1ee1e85e5bd9ebfb1799bae41"; logging-data="1259968"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19dW+GZle/Y6c0NtjRmFgsD" User-Agent: Pan/0.155 (Kherson; fc5a80b8) Cancel-Lock: sha1:BEBi0su36eUD3fMpXWbsY38RBW4= Bytes: 2179 On 09 May 2024 23:27:47 GMT, Andrzej Matuch wrote: > On Thu, 09 May 2024 22:17:36 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> Are these the same people who think the Microsoft Office “Ribbon” is a >> good idea? Remember, that originated in the days before modern >> widescreen monitors became popular. Given that most text documents we >> create are still in portrait orientation, the LibreOffice “Sidebar” >> makes better use of screen space. > > I can get around in either interface, but I can admit that the ribbon > looks nicer. As for which is easier for new users, I have no idea. It’s obvious that one makes more efficient use of your screen space than the other: by placing the Sidebar to the side, you can see more of a portrait-oriented document at once. Simple logic, really.