Tag Open Office

OpenOffice prototype new design. Still sucks and looks more and more like MS Office

I wished I could find the quote somewhere online, but I remember saying Bill Gates several years ago that OpenOffice looked like Works 3.1. he couldn’t have been more on the ball, although Works looked even better. The boys over at OpenOffice have gone further now and prototyped a possible new UI for the next version.

Guess what.

open-office-ui-prototype

Not only do they consistently stick to the typical open source icons with fat borders, excelling in their ugliness, but they have implemented a MS Office similar ribbon at the top. Keep trying, guys.