LibreOffice: The Next Five Years

Re:LibreOffice: The Next Five Years by tw04 on Friday July 10, 2020 @11:59AM (#23792870)

The ribbon was one of the worst things to ever hit Office. I remember it was met with universal horror when it first came out, but they were fully committed (apparently not having done ANY user testing) and insisted people would get used to it and prefer it because: we paid someone a ton of money who told us it's better.

Like many others, I STILL to this day have to google to figure out where things are with the ribbon interface, probably the least intuitive interface I've ever used.

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Re:LibreOffice: The Next Five Years by henrikeh on Friday July 10, 2020 @12:07PM (#23792946)

> but they were fully committed (apparently having done ANY user testing)

It is a little hard to parse what you mean, but Microsoft did a quite substantial amount of research leading up to the ribbon. A quick search on the net will lead you to summaries of it.

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Re:LibreOffice: The Next Five Years by tw04 on Friday July 10, 2020 @12:18PM (#23793065)

Sorry, I left out a *not.

I vehemently disagree, in 2007 NOBODY liked the ribbon. My wife's company refused to upgrade until absolutely forced to because it was such an atrocity. The most glowing reviews I ever saw were "I guess I'll get used to it eventually" and/or someone who used office once a year and found navigation easier when the extent of their workflow was changing font sizes.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/oh-the-horror-why-is-microsoft...

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/turn-...

https://www.infoworld.com/article/2651076/microsoft-s-ribbon...

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Re:LibreOffice: The Next Five Years by Biganon on Saturday July 11, 2020 @06:53AM (#23801118)

People hate change, that's not a reliable indicator. You could increase the quality immensely, most users would still feel attacked because they have to spend an extra effort to adapt.

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