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by aoloe
3613 days ago
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Well, the LibreOffice 5.1 (well Writer...) "desktop" looks OK on this Mac... Some dialogs are less stylish (Edit style), but most are just OK. They are not specially fancy but do not look ugly either. To me, it looks like a solid, functional, tool, without most unnecessary decoration.
It won't win the prize for the prettiest UI around, but it's far for being ugly. So, I guess that the developers are working hard to add features and compatibility filters (Microsoft, Microsoft...), and settled to a timeless design that does not need to be redone from scratch every half a year because it looks so last month... Maybe, you should try to work with it, instead of just testing it out. |
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The background of the toolbar looks completely different to native applications, and the input elements try to look like native elements, but are ever so slightly different - which to me really stands out. Even the tooltip is completely different to the native look.
It's not so much the design is bad, it's just it tries to fit into the native style but does a poor job of it. I think if instead it had gone for it's own look (like Telegram or Atom) it would be a lot better.
As you say, it's good the developers are focusing on things that will really improve the product like compatibility, but to everyday users how things look and feel are just as important - if that wasn't the case all web applications would look like Redmine :P