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Maybe it's just me, but there is nothing I hate more than LibreOffice. I use it because it seems to be the best option for things like spreadsheets on Linux, bu

Maybe it's just me, but there is nothing I hate more than LibreOffice. I use it because it seems to be the best option for things like spreadsheets on Linux, but I would rather use 10 year old Microsoft Office than LibreOffice. It works with my GTK theme, which is nice, but it is just so unintuitive to me compared to Microsoft word/excel. It took me forever to learn how to do basic things like insert a XY chart in calc, just because the UI was confusing to me, and even after using it for a while I still keep forgetting which of the half dozen similarly styled icons I need to use to change the axis title of a chart, for example. Or the fact that to print off a spreadsheet in landscape, you don't do it through the print menu, you actually have to change the page formatting options. I'm on version 6.0, so maybe this is fixed now, or maybe I'm just not very good at that kind of stuff, but it all seems pretty hard to use to me.

ru999gol 7y ago
no you are not alone, OpenOffice/LibreOffice has always been just plain and simple a terrible piece of software. The license alone can not make up for it. From the icon set, to any of the most basic UX/UI, the experience is just horrible. I could sit here talk for hours on end about how horribly broken it is, that it can't even render fonts correctly (kerning anyone?) to how it can't format anything correctly (and people complain about Word oh boy try libreoffice and will you will know what pain looks like!). Even if I would take 10 times as long doing the same exact document in LateX I would still prefer that (or some closed alternative like gdocs ofc.) over this dumpster fire.
Phillips126 7y ago
You are not alone. I haven't used LibreOffice in a few months but my last experience left me very frustrated. Unintuitive UI, glitchy/missing icons, etc. I figured it was just because I was more adjusted to MS Office having used it at work/school, perhaps not.
edgarvaldes 7y ago
>but there is nothing I hate more than LibreOffice I can use LibreOffice with little to no problem. Gimp, on the other hand...
oehtXRwMkIs 7y ago
This is my gripe with LibreOffice, Gimp, Audacity, etc. They all seem to not care about UI. You should check out 6.3 of LibreOffice though, I hear they are improving the UI with every release these days. I personally just use LaTeX or markdown for everything.
- notus 7y ago
  I've gotten Gimp working pretty nicely by using some theme packs or something that make it look and function more like photoshop. Agree on the rest though. I use LaTeX, markdown, or google docs depending on intended audience.
beatgammit 7y ago
I've been looking to replace Google Docs with a self-hosted option, and my choices are essentially LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE, which both offer in-browser versions. ONLYOFFICE is much more limited, but it's much more user friendly, so I'm definitely leaning that direction. I like the LO project a lot more, but they really need a UX expert to help me make it more approachable. I'll play with the new LO before making the final decision, but I certainly agree that it has been a pain for some time.
AH2mdte8kPnJS 7y ago
Check out the new tabbed menu[1]. Seems to emulate the MS Office menu pretty closely and is a big improvement over the old UI. [1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.3/en#GUI https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.3/en#GUI

ru999gol 7y ago

no you are not alone, OpenOffice/LibreOffice has always been just plain and simple a terrible piece of software. The license alone can not make up for it. From the icon set, to any of the most basic UX/UI, the experience is just horrible. I could sit here talk for hours on end about how horribly broken it is, that it can't even render fonts correctly (kerning anyone?) to how it can't format anything correctly (and people complain about Word oh boy try libreoffice and will you will know what pain looks like!). Even if I would take 10 times as long doing the same exact document in LateX I would still prefer that (or some closed alternative like gdocs ofc.) over this dumpster fire.

Phillips126 7y ago

You are not alone. I haven't used LibreOffice in a few months but my last experience left me very frustrated. Unintuitive UI, glitchy/missing icons, etc. I figured it was just because I was more adjusted to MS Office having used it at work/school, perhaps not.

edgarvaldes 7y ago

>but there is nothing I hate more than LibreOffice I can use LibreOffice with little to no problem. Gimp, on the other hand...

oehtXRwMkIs 7y ago

This is my gripe with LibreOffice, Gimp, Audacity, etc. They all seem to not care about UI. You should check out 6.3 of LibreOffice though, I hear they are improving the UI with every release these days. I personally just use LaTeX or markdown for everything.

notus 7y ago
I've gotten Gimp working pretty nicely by using some theme packs or something that make it look and function more like photoshop. Agree on the rest though. I use LaTeX, markdown, or google docs depending on intended audience.

beatgammit 7y ago

I've been looking to replace Google Docs with a self-hosted option, and my choices are essentially LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE, which both offer in-browser versions. ONLYOFFICE is much more limited, but it's much more user friendly, so I'm definitely leaning that direction. I like the LO project a lot more, but they really need a UX expert to help me make it more approachable. I'll play with the new LO before making the final decision, but I certainly agree that it has been a pain for some time.

AH2mdte8kPnJS 7y ago

Check out the new tabbed menu[1]. Seems to emulate the MS Office menu pretty closely and is a big improvement over the old UI. [1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.3/en#GUI https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.3/en#GUI