The problem with LibreOffice is that interface is so ugly. And no, I am NOT asking for the ribbon, which I think is a horrible idea.
abhiyerra · 27m ago
I think LibreOffice needs a general refresh of marketing and product for simplicity. The LibreOffice website, you have to dig in to see what features are provided. The product itself has a lot of bells and whistles but as you mentioned it is hard to discover.
A feature that isn’t noted but is quite cool is LibreOffice Base’s ability to connect to remote databases and create forms on top of those. Basically a better Access.
bundie · 15m ago
> so ugly
I think this is a common issue with open source software, except when it comes to GNOME/GTK/Libadwaita apps. For some reason, GNOME apps almost always manage to look good.
kristopolous · 21m ago
Are people still using single user desktop office suites?
It makes me wonder if there's some kind of light decentralized thing that can be used with a convention oauth style front end
glimshe · 15m ago
I do. Although I have no love for Office, it allows me to keep all of my data locally seamlessly.
With online-only tools, I'm one unfair ban away from losing all my data.
kristopolous · 10m ago
Interesting. I just searched for "banned from google docs" and some people seem to either be questioning whether it happened to them or if it is possible.
I never considered that possibility.
I guess my other question is word processing programs usually have a target format of paper ... is that how you're still using it?
poisonwomb · 44s ago
Bro I just wanna write my CV and do my dad’s taxes I don’t wanna collaborate with 100s of my favourite redditors while leveraging AI
abirch · 1h ago
One of the biggest dangers you have with Microsoft if you're not in the USA, the US government can turn off your access for shiggles.
cyanydeez · 44m ago
AT THE current rate of things, its probably more dangerous they'll install fancy keyloggers.
A feature that isn’t noted but is quite cool is LibreOffice Base’s ability to connect to remote databases and create forms on top of those. Basically a better Access.
I think this is a common issue with open source software, except when it comes to GNOME/GTK/Libadwaita apps. For some reason, GNOME apps almost always manage to look good.
It makes me wonder if there's some kind of light decentralized thing that can be used with a convention oauth style front end
With online-only tools, I'm one unfair ban away from losing all my data.
I never considered that possibility.
I guess my other question is word processing programs usually have a target format of paper ... is that how you're still using it?