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Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying." by tpm on Friday November 13, 2026 @02:53PM (#50488788)
I can't use the ms office ribbon ui. Guessing by the fact no other modern desktop software I'm using copied it, it's probably not just me.

So perhaps they are not wrong and newer doesn't always mean better.

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Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying." by NathanielK on Friday November 13, 2026 @03:11PM (#50488983)
The two big cad packages Solidworks and Inventor both use ribbon type menus. I think it works ok for this purpose.
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Re:"LibreOffice works 365 days a year. Just saying." by tpm on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:14PM (#50491510)
Might be, but there is probably a reason other desktop ui features got much wider adoption than that.

I understand millions of people are able to use ms word. I just can't work with the UI. It even makes me angry and aggressive. And that's not an easy thing to achieve.

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