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by franciscop 3460 days ago
Aren't the ribbon menu in Word, the classic menu and the Chrome/Firefox "menu" button wildly different?
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Most users dislike the Ribbon menu. When I've setup systems for people, and family, and they requested "word" they are expecting this [0]. When they see the ribon menu they feel "I don't want to learn this, I already know word, this isn't word". The average user also doesn't open or change anythign in a browser. All they do is type into google. None the less they dislike those changes too. Cohesion is the most important thing in an enviroment.

[0] - https://i-technet.sec.s-msft.com/dynimg/IC354367.jpg

Oh sure, but those are still 3 different menu styles for Windows. I have never tried the ribbon thing but I think I wouldn't like it as a casual libreoffice user.