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The UI of Libreoffice is comparable to 1991 Word 6.
by MaupitiBlue 7y ago
The UI of Libreoffice is comparable to 1991 Word 6.
- shantly 7y agoIf the system resource use were comparable to early and mid 90s applications, too, I'd love it. Always felt too heavy, preferred Gnumeric and similar for personal use when on Linux as a result, when not having to try to inter-op with Microsoft Office. Now prefer Apple's office applications for similar reasons. I suppose (misuse of) Java's probably the main reason for it.
- Endy 7y agoYes, you're right. That fact is, to a certain segment of users - like my senior citizen mother - a strong positive.
- davidy123 7y agoThe developers of LibreOffice made a conscious decision to make their product look and feel like Office, since one of their goals is to help people learn these suites for functional skills, so their learning would then translate to the predominant package. I have this first hand from a conference. Then of course Micorsoft created their ribbon UI and enforces protection against others copying it. Personally, I don't find the ribbon intuitive, and others, perhaps a majority, feel the same way, but Microsoft has all that weight behind them.
- MaupitiBlue 7y agoAdopting Office's style is understandable. The problem is that they are struggling to match a 25 year old style. Forget the ribbon, Office 2003 level polish would be great. Instead LO presents a quirky and amateurish.
- gcthomas 7y agoLibreOffice _does_ have a ribbon-like interface available (their NotebookBar). It's still officially experimental, but you might like it more than the _older_ interface. FreeOffice also has a ribbon. (Really - does not using the MSO ribbon automatically make something out of date? I've never particularly liked the ribbon.)