| ▲ | hk__2 a day ago |
| I have LibreOffice installed but it’s so ugly and non-intuitive that I prefer to import my documents in Google Docs. |
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| ▲ | Evidlo a day ago | parent | next [-] |
| If Libreoffice looks weirdly ugly and you're on a debian-based distro, try installing `libreoffice-gtk3`. sudo apt purge libreoffice*
sudo apt install libreoffice-gtk3
Often people will somehow get the generic `vcl` backend installed. |
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| ▲ | cvhc a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I don't think MS Word is more intuitive. It's a trade-off between functionality and usability. As a Linux user I (have to) use both Google Docs and LibreOffice. Aside from collaborative editing, Google Docs is like an online version of Windows WordPad (not Notepad). It supports only a subset of MS Word but just enough for daily use. It refuses to open docs with advanced formatting -- my most recent example is a legal pleading. LibreOffice supports more MS Word features, but is less polished and buggy. I occasionally find certain operations break the layout and a Ctrl-Z doesn't restore it. |
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| ▲ | singingfish a day ago | parent [-] | | I'm a developer, and I use computers in a way that gives normal people (including developers) the heebeejeebies. However my use of office stuff is relatively rare and extraordinarily basic - I would say pretty close to the majority of users' usage. There are no problems with libreoffice for that kind of usage. In some respects for people not hunting pointless features it's usability is better. I have some legal and administrative issues at the moment that require me to share office docs fairly regularly, as well as editing PDFs for filling in forms. I have had no collaboration problems at all with either of these activities exclusively using libreoffice. At one point I tried out the online versions (google docs / office 365 online) and it was a disaster. |
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| ▲ | chris_wot a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| What specifically is ugly? Edit: I'm a developer. I'm literally asking so it can get addressed. I've actually had a look at the defaults and I can see a few issues that look like they should be reviewed, but I'm interested in what is considered a show stopper. It's all very well to complain that something is "ugly", but it's so subjective that it can't be actioned in any way. If the point was to just complain, I suppose that's one thing you can do, but if you would like to make something less ugly you need to actually be more specific. |
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| ▲ | birksherty a day ago | parent | next [-] | | 1. Many icons are low res on windows 10, 150% scale, 1440p monitor. https://shady-questionable-CSRF-trojan@is.gd/N90OJc?forgery.... 2. The yellow help information appears directly behind cursor which makes it hard to see. 3. In print popup, "print current page" option is not available, we have to provide page numbers instead every time. Just a few observations. | | | |
| ▲ | hk__2 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | - The page is not centered on the screen - There are a lot of icons of various colors that clutter the screen for no reason. Most of these icons are too obscure; I need to hover them to understand what they do | |
| ▲ | OJFord a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Depending on your system gtk/Qt/whatever it is icon/font/etc. setup you and GP may have very different aesthetic experiences. | |
| ▲ | speedgoose a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | The graphical user interface. |
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| ▲ | jon128 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
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| ▲ | kev009 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| google docs isn't ugly? |
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| ▲ | mtswish a day ago | parent [-] | | Not particularly! LibreOffice is, in my opinion, quite a bit uglier. | | |
| ▲ | wingworks a day ago | parent [-] | | It's also clearly not been optimized (UI) for Mac, it sticks out like a sore thumb. And some things, like settings is like 10fps when moving the window. I'd love to like LibreOffice, but they need some Mac UI/UX people if they ever want mainstream Mac users. |
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| ▲ | nightski a day ago | parent | prev [-] |
| If I am honest that sounds like a perfect task for AI. Fork it and modernize the user interface. |
