[Katsunami]

Well, crap. Another rant with regard to open source software.

With some projects (GIMP... again) it doesn't pay to submit bugs. Now it seems it also doesn't pay to do so for LibreOffice. Case in point: user interface lag. I installed the latest version on my desktop (which I'm pulling from under the dust after almost a year).

Version 5.4.1 Fresh (latest) has a very slow and laggy user interface. When I move the mouse pointer through a menu, the selection runs 4-5 items behind, and takes about half a second to reach the mouse pointer when I stop moving. The UI and the menu redraws incredibly slowly.

I know that Fresh is cutting edge (even though it's said to be stable on the website), so I dropped back to version 5.3.6.1, which is the current Still version. No lag. Everything just works as it should be.

So, I went looking if others have the same problem. It seems they do, and a bunch of bugs have been filed. Contrary to Kovid over here, who just acknowledges a bug and fixes it if he can reproduce it, the LibreOffice developers take the "it's your fault" approach.

- You are using the wrong drivers.
- Or the wrong graphics card.
- Or the wrong settings.
- Or "something is wrong with you machine."
- I don't have this problem on Linux. (Even though the bug-reporter is using Windows.)
- You are using 'non-standard hardware or software.' (An Intel CPU, nVidia graphics card, Windows 10, latest software and drivers, hardware about a year old... I think that's a bog-standard computer, to be honest.)
- Or... whatever...

Just. Acknowledge. The. Bug. Something is wrong in the newest version. Using versions 5.3.6.1, the software is NOT laggy. Using version 5.4.1 on the same computer, with the same drivers, and all the same settings, it IS laggy. GUI operations take up to a second to redraw the screen. Therefore, something in the GUI handling changed between those two versions that made using the software worse. Either fix it, or change it back instead of trying to blame the users.