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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legacynl 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That's interesting, I thought the Ribbon UI was one of the only improvements I've noticed over the years of using ms office. Luckily LibreOffice asks on first startup which UI you prefer.

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NathanielK a day ago | parent | prev [-]

The two big cad packages Solidworks and Inventor both use ribbon type menus. I think it works ok for this purpose.

	▲	tpm a day ago \| parent [-]
		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.