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Why is UI design backsliding? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 months ago by dch82@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Related: https://youtu.be/HdozqSVF-VM

[-] SlothMama@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I always hated the ribbon context menu system. It ruins the way I learn watch involves where something is just as much as what it's called, kinda like remember where on a physical page something is even if you don't remember the page.

Static, nested menus are superior.

[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk -1 points 3 months ago

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

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[-] Yuki@kutsuya.dev -1 points 3 months ago

I miss 07 jfc...

[-] christophski@feddit.uk -2 points 3 months ago

Everyone wanted to compete with Apple

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this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2024

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