Hi everyone! 👋 We still see people on the fediverse recommending OpenOffice, despite it having year-old unfixed security issues: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_OpenOffice#Security – So if you see someone recommending it, please inform them about the risks – but also that there are actively maintained successor projects (like LibreOffice). #foss #OpenSource
It has a nice ribbon UI like MS Office! Unfortunately it is super hidden as you first need to enable experimental settings before you can switch it on.
Have you actually tried LibreOffice in a while? The Ribbon UI hasn’t been experimental since LibreOffice 6.2, which was released in February 2019. It is a normal option, called Tabbed, in the User Interface settings under View > User Interface.
The date seems to be misleading. When you open the comments section and load all comments, you’ll see that there are quite a few comments that are 9 years old. The article is thus far older than what it’s saying, and it unfortunately showcases again how many people rely on very old (and in this case misleading) information about LibreOffice.
The page in question is the first search engine hit for me when searching “LibreOffice ribbon”. The official docs are not even on the first page. Looks like the docs need sone SEO love.
If only LibreOffice’s user interface weren’t so outdated, I would definitely use it instead of OnlyOffice.
It has a nice ribbon UI like MS Office! Unfortunately it is super hidden as you first need to enable experimental settings before you can switch it on.
Have you actually tried LibreOffice in a while? The Ribbon UI hasn’t been experimental since LibreOffice 6.2, which was released in February 2019. It is a normal option, called Tabbed, in the User Interface settings under View > User Interface.
I was following this article from 2023 https://itsfoss.com/libreoffice-ribbon-interface/
But great to known that this is way easier now. Thanks for hint
The date seems to be misleading. When you open the comments section and load all comments, you’ll see that there are quite a few comments that are 9 years old. The article is thus far older than what it’s saying, and it unfortunately showcases again how many people rely on very old (and in this case misleading) information about LibreOffice.
The page in question is the first search engine hit for me when searching “LibreOffice ribbon”. The official docs are not even on the first page. Looks like the docs need sone SEO love.
https://www.onlyoffice.com/
Only office is basically the same interface again, all cloning MS-office 2007-2010.
Bleach.
Outdated on Windows? Because on Linux, the LibreOffice UI is great, imo.
I think it’s plenty functional, but it looks dated and less flashy. I don’t mind that myself, but it does put some people off