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7 Best Alternatives To Microsoft Office Suite — 2019 Edition
On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 03:20:05 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote: On 12/6/19 4:30 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Fri, 6 Dec 2019 11:01:57 -0700, Ken Springer wrote: On 12/6/19 10:23 AM, Char Jackson wrote: On Fri, 6 Dec 2019 07:17:01 -0700, Ken Springer wrote: On 12/5/19 9:50 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 21:07:22 -0700, Ken Springer wrote: On 12/5/19 6:54 AM, Mayayana wrote: So if you think MS and Adobe are going to collapse then you'll have to start by telling millions of people who work in offices and graphics shops what Microsoft and Adobe are. They really don't know. Most don't even know they're using Windows. (They do know if they're using Mac but that's only because they paid twice what it's worth to show off the logo.) Having the active spread across the entire widescreen monitor also dries me up the wall. Then why do it? I assume you're speaking of your own behavior, since other's behavior wouldn't be up to you. If you don't like it, don't do it that way. I rarely do things full screen. Google Maps, or any mapping type program, would be an exception, Sometimes, I get close to that with a program that has various control panels on one side or the other. Such as a styles and formatting display. I wasn't clear, but I was referring to things like writing a document, and that's the only thing on the screen. As for me, almost everything gets run full screen. I find it very distracting to have multiple windows partially overlaid atop one another, but I wouldn't tell anyone to do it one way or another. It's an individual decision. Regarding multiple windows on the screen, for me it depends on the contents of the various windows. If those windows have different tools that come with a particular program, it doesn't bother me. But I don't have a browser window, email window, instant messenger window, etc. all on the same desktop. For those situations, I use alternate/multiple desktops. Each program is assigned to run in a specific desktop. I've not found a way to do that with W10's Task Views. It is an individual's choice. I get frustrated with people who choose to do it one way, without knowing what their options are. That last part is what gets you into trouble. I don't know how you can look at someone and determine whether they know what their options are. It seems much more likely that they're doing something exactly how they want to do it. If *they* speak up and express frustration, that's different, but until/unless they do so, you have no reason to be frustrated. You can't look at them and know whether they know their options. You actually have to ask and/or show them the options. Right, that was exactly my point. So I don't understand why you allow yourself to become frustrated. That's not making sense to me. I guess it's seeing the same ignorance over and over again, and wonder why they seem to be incapable of moving to another step ans asking what they can do make life easier on themselves. I thought we just established that you can't look at someone and determine whether they know their options, i.e., you can't determine their level of ignorance by looking. So what if someone doesn't do something the way that you'd like? If you get frustrated by that, and you've said it drives you up a wall, then that's entirely on you and has nothing to do with the other person. Frustration is not something that someone else gives to you. It's something that you give to yourself. I'm reminded of a friend who used to have exactly one application open at a time on his Windows PC. One day he was showing me some photos that he'd just taken at the local nature/animal park. I asked him to email a few to me. He closed the photo viewer and opened Outlook Express, where he began composing an email to me. By then, he had forgotten which photos I wanted, so he saved the email as a Draft and closed OE. He opened the photo viewer and located the photos, making a note of their names and location. He closed the photo viewer and opened OE, where he completed the email and sent it. He finished by closing OE. And guess what? He did everything exactly the way he wanted to do it. He wanted one program open at a time, period. Was that frustrating for me? No, of course not. I think it would have been frustrating for you, but it shouldn't have been. These are PERSONAL computers. Everyone should be able to use them how they want to. Multiple desktops, (not for me, thanks, but you go ahead), one application open at a time, the primary application being full screen, multiple windows one atop the others with corners visible for easy selection, and a thousand other variations. Throughout it all, I choose not to become frustrated. In the end, that's what it is - a choice. Choosing to be frustrated isn't going to make my day any better. If the individual doesn't know what their options are, you can't assume they are using what they want. If an individual only knows one options, that's the one they are going to use. :-) Once you know they know their options, and they choose to continue with the way they are doing it, perfectly fine with me. :-) Besides, your 'multiple desktops' approach isn't better than running an application full screen. Those are just two different approaches that get you the same result - an application with fewer distractions. I disagree, with all due respect. I'm still not using full screen windows the vast majority of time. I just have less that full screen windows on the different desktops. I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with. What I said is accurate. I think the alternate desktops are a bit more efficient. A hotkey setup gives you one step to switch, compared to using the mouse to pick a different window via the taskbar. When there are two or more ways to get a job done, it's fine if you think one way is more efficient than the others. I have no problem with that. If you think there's a significant difference between using a hotkey combo and using a mouse to make a single click, you should use the way that you think is more efficient. |
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On 12/7/2019 11:13 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 03:20:05 -0700, Ken Springer I'm reminded of a friend who used to have exactly one application open at a time on his Windows PC. I didn't know my wife was your friend. -- Ken |
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On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 11:22:54 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:
On 12/7/2019 11:13 AM, Char Jackson wrote: On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 03:20:05 -0700, Ken Springer I'm reminded of a friend who used to have exactly one application open at a time on his Windows PC. I didn't know my wife was your friend. Let's not make a big deal of it. No one would have known if you hadn't mentioned it. |
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Big Al wrote:
On 12/6/19 1:18 PM, Ken Blake wrote: [...] I agree with you. I also never run anything full-screen. I have two 23" monitors. I always have at least three programs open on each screen (the same three by default, but sometimes more than three). Each window is large and takes up a good part of the screen, but the ones that are not in the foreground have a corner visible, and that makes it very easy to switch to it quickly. Isn't that the reason for the task bar?? (no need to reply). I do the same thing but I'm on a laptop and now and then one program I like full screen so I so use the icons on the taskbar. I run everything full-screen. I have four laptops side-by-side. Copy-and-paste from one screen to another is a tad hard, but I'm working on it! |
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 22:09:22 -0000 (UTC), Boris
wrote: Would you recommend one of the above for use with Windows 10 or would you suggest Open Office? https://www.openoffice.org I still use MS Office 2010 Student & Teacher in 2019 and have never felt the need for any of the advertised new features - at least not enough to spend $ on them particularly any of the subscription versions. |
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On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 21:07:22 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote: I would say the size of the business will factor in too. There are lots of small businesses that do not need or user that inter-connectivity to operate their businesses. And, many times, people use PDF files these days. I have no idea whether it's true or not but I heard MS Office was designed with heavy input from major law firms on their needs. Which are obviously far different from people like most of us. There are lots of free PDF programs around and I tend to experiment between them on a regular basis. |
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On Fri, 6 Dec 2019 11:18:20 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote: I agree with you. I also never run anything full-screen. I have two 23" monitors. I always have at least three programs open on each screen (the same three by default, but sometimes more than three). Each window is large and takes up a good part of the screen, but the ones that are not in the foreground have a corner visible, and that makes it very easy to switch to it quickly. Sounds like my setup (though I have twin 27" monitors). I generally keep everything down on the taskbar and don't full-screen anything but Skyrim (which is one of the more remarkable user mod platforms out there and is primarily why this 2011 game is still played - I know game mods are strictly speaking not 'freeware' but to all intents and purposes they are) |
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"Ken Blake" wrote
| You choice of course. As far as I'm concerned, personal financial | software is wonderful. I use Quicken, not Money, and it saves me an | enormous amount of time and trouble. It's also a wonderful resource for | searching for past expenses--where did I buy something, who provided the | service, when was it, how much did it cost, etc. | I have a system for that, too. It's called "receipts". |
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On 12/7/2019 2:32 PM, Mayayana wrote:
"Ken Blake" wrote | You choice of course. As far as I'm concerned, personal financial | software is wonderful. I use Quicken, not Money, and it saves me an | enormous amount of time and trouble. It's also a wonderful resource for | searching for past expenses--where did I buy something, who provided the | service, when was it, how much did it cost, etc. | I have a system for that, too. It's called "receipts". If you're happy with that, that's fine. I won't try to convince you to change. But I'll just point out that I can do a search within Quicken and find what I want *much* *much* faster than you can thumbing through a file of receipts. -- Ken |
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In article , Ken Blake
wrote: | You choice of course. As far as I'm concerned, personal financial | software is wonderful. I use Quicken, not Money, and it saves me an | enormous amount of time and trouble. It's also a wonderful resource for | searching for past expenses--where did I buy something, who provided the | service, when was it, how much did it cost, etc. | I have a system for that, too. It's called "receipts". If you're happy with that, that's fine. I won't try to convince you to change. But I'll just point out that I can do a search within Quicken and find what I want *much* *much* faster than you can thumbing through a file of receipts. as well as instantly obtaining a total, rather than needing to manually tally each one. |
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On 12/7/19 11:13 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 03:20:05 -0700, Ken Springer wrote: On 12/6/19 4:30 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Fri, 6 Dec 2019 11:01:57 -0700, Ken Springer wrote: On 12/6/19 10:23 AM, Char Jackson wrote: On Fri, 6 Dec 2019 07:17:01 -0700, Ken Springer wrote: On 12/5/19 9:50 PM, Char Jackson wrote: On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 21:07:22 -0700, Ken Springer wrote: On 12/5/19 6:54 AM, Mayayana wrote: So if you think MS and Adobe are going to collapse then you'll have to start by telling millions of people who work in offices and graphics shops what Microsoft and Adobe are. They really don't know. Most don't even know they're using Windows. (They do know if they're using Mac but that's only because they paid twice what it's worth to show off the logo.) Having the active spread across the entire widescreen monitor also dries me up the wall. Then why do it? I assume you're speaking of your own behavior, since other's behavior wouldn't be up to you. If you don't like it, don't do it that way. I rarely do things full screen. Google Maps, or any mapping type program, would be an exception, Sometimes, I get close to that with a program that has various control panels on one side or the other. Such as a styles and formatting display. I wasn't clear, but I was referring to things like writing a document, and that's the only thing on the screen. As for me, almost everything gets run full screen. I find it very distracting to have multiple windows partially overlaid atop one another, but I wouldn't tell anyone to do it one way or another. It's an individual decision. Regarding multiple windows on the screen, for me it depends on the contents of the various windows. If those windows have different tools that come with a particular program, it doesn't bother me. But I don't have a browser window, email window, instant messenger window, etc. all on the same desktop. For those situations, I use alternate/multiple desktops. Each program is assigned to run in a specific desktop. I've not found a way to do that with W10's Task Views. It is an individual's choice. I get frustrated with people who choose to do it one way, without knowing what their options are. That last part is what gets you into trouble. I don't know how you can look at someone and determine whether they know what their options are. It seems much more likely that they're doing something exactly how they want to do it. If *they* speak up and express frustration, that's different, but until/unless they do so, you have no reason to be frustrated. You can't look at them and know whether they know their options. You actually have to ask and/or show them the options. Right, that was exactly my point. So I don't understand why you allow yourself to become frustrated. That's not making sense to me. I guess it's seeing the same ignorance over and over again, and wonder why they seem to be incapable of moving to another step ans asking what they can do make life easier on themselves. I thought we just established that you can't look at someone and determine whether they know their options, i.e., you can't determine their level of ignorance by looking. So what if someone doesn't do something the way that you'd like? If you get frustrated by that, and you've said it drives you up a wall, then that's entirely on you and has nothing to do with the other person. Frustration is not something that someone else gives to you. It's something that you give to yourself. I'm reminded of a friend who used to have exactly one application open at a time on his Windows PC. One day he was showing me some photos that he'd just taken at the local nature/animal park. I asked him to email a few to me. He closed the photo viewer and opened Outlook Express, where he began composing an email to me. By then, he had forgotten which photos I wanted, so he saved the email as a Draft and closed OE. He opened the photo viewer and located the photos, making a note of their names and location. He closed the photo viewer and opened OE, where he completed the email and sent it. He finished by closing OE. And guess what? He did everything exactly the way he wanted to do it. He wanted one program open at a time, period. Was that frustrating for me? No, of course not. I think it would have been frustrating for you, but it shouldn't have been. I think you may have missed my basic point for someone like your friend. Did your friend know he/she had other options to get things done? If yes, OK, go ahead. If no, why didn't your friend know of the other options? These are PERSONAL computers. Everyone should be able to use them how they want to. Multiple desktops, (not for me, thanks, but you go ahead), one application open at a time, the primary application being full screen, multiple windows one atop the others with corners visible for easy selection, and a thousand other variations. Throughout it all, I choose not to become frustrated. In the end, that's what it is - a choice. Choosing to be frustrated isn't going to make my day any better. If the individual doesn't know what their options are, you can't assume they are using what they want. If an individual only knows one options, that's the one they are going to use. :-) Once you know they know their options, and they choose to continue with the way they are doing it, perfectly fine with me. :-) Besides, your 'multiple desktops' approach isn't better than running an application full screen. Those are just two different approaches that get you the same result - an application with fewer distractions. I disagree, with all due respect. I'm still not using full screen windows the vast majority of time. I just have less that full screen windows on the different desktops. I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with. What I said is accurate. I think the alternate desktops are a bit more efficient. A hotkey setup gives you one step to switch, compared to using the mouse to pick a different window via the taskbar. When there are two or more ways to get a job done, it's fine if you think one way is more efficient than the others. I have no problem with that. If you think there's a significant difference between using a hotkey combo and using a mouse to make a single click, you should use the way that you think is more efficient. -- Ken MacOS 10.14.6 Firefox 70.0.1 Thunderbird 60.9 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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In alt.comp.os.windows-10 The Horny Goat wrote:
On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 22:09:22 -0000 (UTC), Boris wrote: Would you recommend one of the above for use with Windows 10 or would you suggest Open Office? https://www.openoffice.org I still use MS Office 2010 Student & Teacher in 2019 and have never felt the need for any of the advertised new features - at least not enough to spend $ on them particularly any of the subscription versions. For me, I was still using 2000, 2003, and now 2007. Also, I had OpenOffice and have LibreOffice. -- "He who dislikes aardvarks was an ant in his former life." --unknown Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org / / /\ /\ \ http://antfarm.ma.cx. Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( ) |
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On 12/7/19 7:12 AM, Mayayana wrote:
"Ken Springer" wrote | Too many people don't know an operating system from an alternator. :-( | With all the effort you put into that I'm loathe to disagree with anything. ROFL No problem, Mayayana, I've always enjoyed out conversations. But I don't think it's their fault. Computers are very complex tools made by linear/logical thinkers. Someone could just as well say it drives them crazy that some people don't know how to act with children, or bake a cake... or change an alternator. There's nothing intuitive about computers. I learned because I'm a handyman by nature and I was intrigued, in part by the sheer opaqueness of the thing. Everything was hard to figure out. Nothing in my experience prepared me for the most basic task of accessing a floppy disk from the Desktop. And it wasn't in the Windows manual. (Which used to exist.) I read books and did research. There's no reason other people should want to do that. It's partially their fault, in that so many of them do not make an effort to learn. It's not helped by the disappearance of the manuals that used to come with the systems, as well as books and magazines available on the racks at various locations. To Apple's credit, the computer comes with a basic manual (of sorts) with the Mac. Andi it's actually on the hard drive. My 2009 iMac included a small booklet that told you how to find it. Unfortunately, no info on what was going on when you first turned the computer on. To be honest, I don't remember if this Mac Mini had the same booklets, but it didn't matter to me as I have the experience to know what was happening. You don't see anything like that from MS, and their help requires the internet. I think MS did the best with Vista, but it 's been downhill ever since. Contrary to the opinions of some who post in this group, there is *always* someone without that experience. Under the skin, you're right, computers are complex. It's the UI that makes the difference, IMO. Each system has its pluses and minuses. I generally break users into 2 groups: If they are logical thinkers, they will probably prefer Windows. If they are creative, non-logical thinkers, they will probably like Mac better. I break that observation. I tend to be a logical thinker, yet for most things I prefer my Mac. Most people start it up, cross their fingers, do their work, then shut it down. I think these are the users who have some experience with computers. But, what about the use with no experience? How long does it take them to get their work done? Where did all that experience get most users when they saw the Windows 8 Start Screen? I'm facing a similar scenario now with phones. I don't want a cellphone for several reasons, but one big reason is that I don't want to waste a month of my life trying to figure out the OS, only to have it change or find out that I can't actually control it and that Google is in control. Why should I make all that effort? They go to great lengths to stop me from understanding and accessing anything but the functions they want me to use. And I love working with computers. I don't blame the majority for just looking for the button that will do what they want. They didn't ask for a degree in computer science. They just wanted a typewriter. I couldn't agree more. I'm trying to help a friend with her Android phone. What a POS user interface. No logic to it at all. Thankfully, I have/had a 2013 Nexus 7 that is similar. Even with that, I find myself saying "WTF?" I don't want a smartphone either. It appears to me everyone is addicted to them, and it's becoming a recognized medical condition. They are an anchor to people doing things. You are not going to see me walking into a door because I'm looking at a phone. | Interestingly... I'm a member of a small networking group. 10-12 | members at the moment. You always hear about how businesses use | Windows. The comments make it sound like it's impossible to use | anything thing else. I was shocked to learn about a monthg ago, half of | us use Macs. :-) | I noticed a lot of people switching to Macs a few years ago. Mostly younger people. It was a lifestyle thing. They weren't working on their computers. They were sitting on their sofa, shopping online or emailing; maybe streaming a video; and they simply didn't want to deal with the technical side. They'd heard Macs didn't have viruses, so they called their parents and asked their parents to buy them a Mac laptop. I switched in 2009. My XP system had a power supply that failed, took out the motherboard, keyboard, and mouse. I wanted to see what a Mac looked like, so I went to the first Apple store in town. I'd heard the Mac couldn't be infected, but it did not take me long to learn that was false. I'll admit, it was a single thing I saw with the iMac that sold me. The quality of the display. The image was astounding, far better than anything I'd seen with a Windows system. That was it. LOL But I'm not one of those younger folks. I was 61 when I bought it. But it seems, from the people I come in contact with, the Mac users that want to know how to do things are basically seniors. With business I don't think it's just a choice of OS. Business could use Linux far more cheaply. But neither Mac nor Linux has the software. Microsoft have spent decades making sure it's easy for business to make their own custom software on Windows. Businesses created their own in-house databases and such. Microsoft also catered to business needs with their office suite. Their customer is business. I would take the software question from the opposite direction. Does the size of your business require the multitude of features available with MS, Adobe, AutoCAD, etc.? If the answer is no... Why insist a Windows system is necessary? With more and more of the the "gorillas in the room" forcing you into subscriptions and doing things on the web, does it really may any difference? I suspect most people know so little about Linux, they don't even think of it. But the web use has the same result. I wonder what percentage of business actually create their own custom applications? Linux is used by some scientists, but mostly it's a system for computer people who want a customized system for a specific purpose, like a server or a kiosk system. I wish I would win the lottery. Then I could hire maids and handymen, so I would have the time to learn more about Linux. LOL Mac is aimed at the consumer market. Jobs put a lot of effort into getting Macs into schools but avoided business. Business was too prosaic for him. He fancied himself a spiritual avatar... And he locked the system down... And he made it difficult to write software. People had to do it the Mac way or not at all. It was designed and intended for the kind of people who drive you crazy. People who wanted a simple, cute entertainment device and would gladly worship Lord Jobs for providing it. All you need is a couple thousand bucks and you can buy salvation at the Apple church, that glass cathedral that usually sits in the swankest part of most big cities. Didn't desktop publishing get it's start with Macs? Jobs was an arrogant control freak who fancied himself some sort of Zen master and was going to bring his transcendent aesthetic to the world. To riff raff like us. What he really did was to make lots of very well designed, addictive, entertainment devices that brought Taylor Swift and online gossip to the world 24/7. He exploited virtual slave labor in Asia and exploited his own customers at home. And Tim Cook is following in his guru's footsteps. I saw an interview recently where Cook was asked about the Chinese labor issue and Cook responded that iPhone is made by the whole world. It's a lovey-dovey, international effort. [Parts are made in various places, then shipped to China for assembly.] With Jobs it was all brilliance and miracles. With Cook it's all sweetness and bunnies. Lately, he's here to protect your privacy. (But he never finishes that sentence. He's here to protect your privacy from any third parties that might be able to exploit it and leave Apple with less profits to hide offshore.) I think of it like Apple is the estate manager who you trust but is gradually draining your bank account. Google is the thief who just breaks in your front door and pretends there's nothing amiss. "What? Me? I didn't just break in." Ironically, Microsoft seems almost honest by contrast. They're a more old fashioned business. They want to exploit you in any way they can, but their business market is not as starry eyed as the Mac devotees. | I do computer tutoring, but I don't teach specific programs. IOW, I | don't teach people to open and save a file using MS Office 365 Word, for | instance. I cover features all the more complex word processors do. | Such as what styles and formatting does, or using Autocorrect (Smart | Text in Softmaker Office) to type a couple of letters and having a | complete return address entered complete with formatting. | You'd have to teach me that. I've never used spellcheck or any kind of auto-correct. They drive me crazy. It's worse than those clowns who leave dozens of windows open. These days, I couldn't live without spellcheck. My spelling is good, but the typing on this Q#$^!#%Y@Q$Y^W Magic keyboard is atrocious. With the current state of my vision, I wouldn't see the errors I make without the squiggly red line underneath misspelled words. And, I still miss things. -- Ken MacOS 10.14.6 Firefox 70.0.1 Thunderbird 60.9 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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On 12/7/19 1:35 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 21:07:22 -0700, Ken Springer wrote: I would say the size of the business will factor in too. There are lots of small businesses that do not need or user that inter-connectivity to operate their businesses. And, many times, people use PDF files these days. I have no idea whether it's true or not but I heard MS Office was designed with heavy input from major law firms on their needs. That sounds more like WordPerfect, to me. Maybe Ken Blake knows. Which are obviously far different from people like most of us. There are lots of free PDF programs around and I tend to experiment between them on a regular basis. -- Ken MacOS 10.14.6 Firefox 70.0.1 Thunderbird 60.9 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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On 12/6/19 7:37 PM, Mayayana wrote:
"Zaghadka" wrote | We're still experiencing the fallout from Microsoft's freaking "curly | quotes" adventure. I personally don't understand the need to bolt on | "pretty" when straight-up ASCII will do the job. Why mess with | interoperability? My feeling, too. | | On the same token, given memory and storage sizes, and its backward | compatibility with ASCII, why not just use UTF-8 for everything? That's | where we're supposed to be at this point. Universal unicode, right? | I've heard that's what Linux does. But that's complicated. First, most older files are ASCII, or more precisely, ANSI. People who speak a language other than English will usually have files that depend on a codepage. ASCII, 1-127, is the same everywhere, but 128-255 depends on the codepage. So those older files are not compatible with UTF-8. Another problem is that UTF-8 may or may not have a BOM. It's not recommended and generally isn't in HTML fils, yet Notepad adds it. That can screw things up, so that a simple ASCII file is still not compatible. I typically clean up any files I get in UTF-8. They're not worth the trouble. With webpages it's usually just non-breaking spaces and curly quotes that make it UTF-8. And those webpages are in English. So there's no advantage to UTF-8. To me it seems that the real motive is political correctness. Inclusiveness. For us English speakers that's not a reason to use it. Much as I hate to say this, nospam is correct. It's for correct typography. More broadly, it to ensure correct written communications, where everyone writes following the same rules. In turn, that helps to minimize misunderstandings by the reader. Sadly, the texting world is destroying this. -- Ken MacOS 10.14.6 Firefox 70.0.1 Thunderbird 60.9 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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