Re:Europe's Software Problem
by adrian_b on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:34PM
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Among user interfaces that I use daily, that of MS Windows Explorer has become, since many years, much worse than the user interface of most file managers available for Linux. The numerous extra mouse clicks that I need to do in Windows Explorer to navigate the file system or to perform any other task, compared to a non-stupid file manager, are extremely annoying.
The same can be said about MS Word, which has become much worse than LibreOffice, also since many years.
I have been using MS Word for 30 years, but recent versions frequently surprise me because when I have to search some command through its menus it never is where I would expect it.
With older versions of MS Word, I had no need for a manual or for a help command, because I could easily discover how to do anything that I had not done before.
With the newer versions of MS Word it is hard for me to discover how to do anything that I have done many times before, but not recently enough.
Even if I have used LibreOffice for much fewer years than MS Word, with it, like with the old MS Word versions, I never had difficulties to discover how to do something.
These days, I will never use willingly MS Windows Explorer or MS Word, instead of their open-source equivalents.
These are just some of the most obvious examples of commercial programs with a bad user interface, but there are many more.
The same can be said about MS Word, which has become much worse than LibreOffice, also since many years.
I have been using MS Word for 30 years, but recent versions frequently surprise me because when I have to search some command through its menus it never is where I would expect it.
With older versions of MS Word, I had no need for a manual or for a help command, because I could easily discover how to do anything that I had not done before.
With the newer versions of MS Word it is hard for me to discover how to do anything that I have done many times before, but not recently enough.
Even if I have used LibreOffice for much fewer years than MS Word, with it, like with the old MS Word versions, I never had difficulties to discover how to do something.
These days, I will never use willingly MS Windows Explorer or MS Word, instead of their open-source equivalents.
These are just some of the most obvious examples of commercial programs with a bad user interface, but there are many more.