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The 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
by davidy123 7y ago
The 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 (Really - does not using the MSO ribbon automatically make something out of date?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.)