Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 6th Aug 2009 13:18 UTC
The OpenOffice.org team has been experimenting with a new user interface for the suite of programs, and they've presented the first rough prototype of this new interface, more specifically for Impress. The general gist? It's Microsoft Office 2007's ribbon interface.
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While I don't think the screenshot is very shiny, I do like the general idea of the ribbon. Microsoft might not have organised every feature properly, but the ribbon itself is a pretty good idea compared to menus. Menus are silly things: popping up out of nowhere, nobody knowing exactly when they'll disappear. Do they disappear when your mouse leaves the menu, or will they disappear when you click something else? In the second case, will the click be processed by the application or will it be ignored?
Most people are very reluctant to change though. Geeks and authism go hand in hand it seems ;-)