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The UI is really bad though.

632brick 2y ago
Unlike Word at least you can still select all its options without having to run it maximized hogging all of the screen. I'll take that over over prettier and unusable.
KronisLV 2y ago
I actually found it pleasantly similar to the older versions of MS Office, before we got the ribbons, also with customizable themes and actually a decent amount of layout options: https://imgur.com/a/libreoffice-ui-80hwOp0 https://imgur.com/a/libreoffice-ui-80hwOp0 What personally bothers me more is the performance, which can be pretty hit or miss. Still, I hope the project remains going for the decades to come.
jacekm 2y ago
It's subjective. LibreOffice UI is why I stay away from MS Office. I can't find anything in MS Office anymore, I have to rely on their "search for command" feature (or whatever it's called) to be able to do anything. LibreOffice is mostly intuitive for me. On the other hand, my father does not like it and keeps nagging me to buy him the MS product (I can't justify the costs for his casual use though).
- Agraillo 2y ago
  I think that sometimes making drastic UI changes like MS Office did is one of negative incentives of commercial software. They always need something visually noticeable to justify added value of new versions.
- RattlesnakeJake 2y ago
  Haven't checked today, but Woot! has been selling perpetual licenses of Office 2019 for $30-$35 the last few weeks.
- lproven 2y ago
  > LibreOffice UI is why I stay away from MS Office. I can't find anything in MS Office anymore, Exactly this. I much prefer LO to any version of MS Office since 2007. And early in my career I trained people on how to use MS Office and was something of a domain expert. 18Y ago they threw that into the shredder along with all my knowledge and muscle memory. What little functionality is left is literally not worth the pain and annoyance of trying to use it.
badsectoracula 2y ago
Which one? It has 7 different UI paradigms you can choose from. Personally i like the "Single toolbar" UI, it only shows a menubar and a toolbar with the most common stuff, which i find a great balance between minimalism and discoverability. Though i only use like 1% of LibreOffice's features - and really only use Writer (which i mainly use as a dumb rich text editor) and Calc (mainly for a few calculations one could most likely even do in VisiCalc :-P).

Unlike Word at least you can still select all its options without having to run it maximized hogging all of the screen. I'll take that over over prettier and unusable.

KronisLV 2y ago

I actually found it pleasantly similar to the older versions of MS Office, before we got the ribbons, also with customizable themes and actually a decent amount of layout options: https://imgur.com/a/libreoffice-ui-80hwOp0 https://imgur.com/a/libreoffice-ui-80hwOp0 What personally bothers me more is the performance, which can be pretty hit or miss. Still, I hope the project remains going for the decades to come.

jacekm 2y ago

It's subjective. LibreOffice UI is why I stay away from MS Office. I can't find anything in MS Office anymore, I have to rely on their "search for command" feature (or whatever it's called) to be able to do anything. LibreOffice is mostly intuitive for me. On the other hand, my father does not like it and keeps nagging me to buy him the MS product (I can't justify the costs for his casual use though).

Agraillo 2y ago
I think that sometimes making drastic UI changes like MS Office did is one of negative incentives of commercial software. They always need something visually noticeable to justify added value of new versions.
RattlesnakeJake 2y ago
Haven't checked today, but Woot! has been selling perpetual licenses of Office 2019 for $30-$35 the last few weeks.
lproven 2y ago
> LibreOffice UI is why I stay away from MS Office. I can't find anything in MS Office anymore, Exactly this. I much prefer LO to any version of MS Office since 2007. And early in my career I trained people on how to use MS Office and was something of a domain expert. 18Y ago they threw that into the shredder along with all my knowledge and muscle memory. What little functionality is left is literally not worth the pain and annoyance of trying to use it.

badsectoracula 2y ago

Which one? It has 7 different UI paradigms you can choose from. Personally i like the "Single toolbar" UI, it only shows a menubar and a toolbar with the most common stuff, which i find a great balance between minimalism and discoverability. Though i only use like 1% of LibreOffice's features - and really only use Writer (which i mainly use as a dumb rich text editor) and Calc (mainly for a few calculations one could most likely even do in VisiCalc :-P).