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submitted 12 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Why did UI's turn from practical to form over function?

E.g. Office 2003 vs Microsoft 365

Office 2003

It's easy to remember where everything is with a toolbar and menu bar, which allows access to any option in one click and hold move.

Microsoft 365

Seriously? Big ribbon and massive padding wasting space, as well as the ribbon being clunky to use.

Why did this happen?

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[-] [email protected] -1 points 9 hours ago

You can use OpenOffice which hasn't adopted any new UI since 1998.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 9 hours ago

Yeaaah, don't use open office, it hasn't had any code updates in like 15 years. Use and suggest libre office instead.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Except that OpenOffice has been forked into LibreOffice in like 2010 and has since gotten an optional ribbon UI.

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