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LibreOffice blasts 'fake open source' OnlyOffice for working with Microsoft to lock users in (blog.documentfoundation.org)
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[–] 7 points 8 months ago (9 children)

Agreed that there interface looks like the late late 90’s.

I’d recommend Libre more often but it’s a step backwards for most average users in UI. Microsoft has had the ribbon since, what, Office 2007?

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  • [–] 20 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    LO also has the ribbon interface. But not by default.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    The Ribbon interface is terrible, though. The styles selector doesn't fit the entire button, and it also doesn't resize with your window size, remaining super tiny not capable of displaying three full options simultaneously.

    Word at least got that right.

    My preferred layout is Sidebar, but even there the style is just a regular dropdown. LibreOffice is fantastic, but they need to put some more work into UX.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    True, but it is a purely aesthetic rearrangement of the menus. It doesn't make it any more straightforward to navigate. Plus it doesn't really function correctly on Windows (and it takes up just as much screen space).

    It was a good step when they rolled it out about a decade ago, but they still haven't done the work to make it better organized or show appropriate hierarchy.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    but it is a purely aesthetic rearrangement of the menus

    And what do you think gui is?

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    As per my previous comment, it should offer reasonable use of screen space, visual hierarchy, and well-reasoned organization. Moving bad menus to a different arrangement on the screen doesn't magically make them into good menus.

    As a first step, it was a good move, although it was a decade late when it came out. They still haven't done a major redesign another decade on.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago*

    I honestly prefer the classic LibreOffice UI. The ribbon thing takes up a lot of screen space and i really didn't like it when it debuted in Office 2007. Then microsoft made the color a fancy bluish hue so it could be more fancy. LibreOffice is the best

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