[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 141614] EDITING: Calc shows incorrect SUM (deviation of 0.000000000002 added to/sub'd from total) in bottom right status bar

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141614

--- Comment #13 from TheWebMachine <thewebmachine at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Mike Kaganski from comment #12)
> I don't care if we change the default visual representation to, say, 4
> decimals. Of course it's funny when a dev with 25 years of FP assembly does
> not recognize this specific thing when they see it, but whatever. 
> The calculations will not change, but - as said - personally I don't oppose
> playing with default representation. Maybe Eike has something to say?

Again, I know *why* the MATH error occurs, I just didn't understand why it
hasn't been addressed in the commonly expected manner from the end user
perspective (perhaps I failed to convey that precise point from the start, for
which I apologize). This is the type of thinking that keeps LibreOffice down.
The LAYPERSON doesn't want to deal with this type of effectively cosmetic
nonsense, cares not to understand the why, and doesn't have to if they use
another software...so that's precisely what they will do. Given that we've
known the pitfalls of FPM in binary basically forever, why intentionally drive
away potential new users with this type of known issue? You don't see it as a
bug and I don't see it as one in the traditional sense either, but anyone
trying to transition from M$ or others is going to immediately think something
is broken and switch back because they have work to do.

Sorry if I've opened an old can of worms or ruffled any feathers here. A lot of
the focus of what I do involves making "fool-proof"/"unbreakable" interfaces
for users who don't know their own backside from a hole in the ground...I've
learned all too well how easily minor cosmetic changes can make or break a UX
from the only perspective that matters at the end of the day (the end
user/customer). I really am only trying to help. I've been using LO for years
and must have been mentally glossing over the current presentation in Calc all
this time. It only recently occurred to me that it was "unusual" from a UX
perspective to allow that to be shown to the end user in a "user-friendly"
software and thought it was perhaps a regression or new "bug" since I hadn't
noticed it previously.

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