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Open Source Design and the OpenOfficeMouse

Linked by Kroc Camen on Sun 8th Nov 2009 10:21 UTC

Is complexity (and wearing this on the outside) an inherit part of open source design? FactoryJoe compares the OpenOfficeMouse (a mouse with 18 programmable buttons and even an analogue joystick) and the Apple Magic Mouse-"To me, the OpenOfficeMouse seems like such a typical product from the open source community." [Kroc: I honestly believed the OpenOfficeMouse to be a very clever satirical joke, the irony that it isn't suspends belief]

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RE: No, it really *IS* a JOKE.

by lemur2 on Mon 9th Nov 2009 00:30 UTC in reply to "No, it really *IS* a JOKE."

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Wow. Who needs YouTube?! Now, we have viral stories! Folks, it's a joke. No, really, it is! The most serious satirical pieces are supported by elaborate, designs and background; the authors will stand by their "product" until everyone propagates this story to their feed. I gotta say though, that fake 3D rendering of the 'prototype' sitting atop a piece of paper with matching pantone color samples screams sarcasm. There is a deeper underlying meaning to this piece -- OpenOffice.org needs a better UI.

Fair enough about it being a joke. I would have expected exactly that, but there were several claims that it wasn't a joke.

Regardless, OpenOffice is quite useable with the current GUI. In my limited sampling, people that I know about who have used both OpenOfffice and the ribbon interface for recent versions of MS Office find OpenOffice far easier to adapt to.

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