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I get that it's open source provided you use codium not code but I still find that interesting

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[–] Ashiette@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Microsoft Office suite is obviously superior to its concurrents. If it were available on linux I'd use it, despite being about FOSS ideology. Sometimes, non-FOSS can be better alternatives. However, OnlyOffice is still neat and gets the job done.

[–] Prunebutt@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

It's a battle they are going to lose in the long run. When you write closed sourge code, you make a bet that you're better than all available FOSS developers in the field.

Didn't Excel make a big fuss about python integration when Libreoofice has had that for years?

[–] lameJake@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ohh can you do Exel-Style arithmetics in Word tables? You can in LibreOffice. Maybe it's just so widely used no one really knows other Office programs are basically on par with MS Office or even better.

[–] Ashiette@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

LibreOffice UI is really... well... old. UX is really bad : it's on par with GIMP's ideology of "make it as hard as possible to get things done"

[–] Vorthas@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I disagree. I actually like the LibreOffice, non-tabbed, UI. It's a UI/UX that I'm used to from Office 2003 and honestly prefer. The 2007+ ribbon interface makes things harder for me to find.

[–] Ashiette@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Like I'm used to GIMP and can't do shit in photoshop. That doesn't mean the UX is good though, just that you got used to it and are not willing to change.

[–] lameJake@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

You know there are like 7 different layouts built in and you can create custom ones. You can even make it look like world if you like.

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Microsoft Office suite is obviously superior to its concurrents.

No, and it never was. There are/were always equal alternatives. It has always been their marketing power that made them (seemingly) win.

[–] PuppyOSAndCoffee@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Whoops

Excel is def the mkt leader for a reason

I loathe Ms Access but have to admit there is no peer that even comes close.

Vs code is relatively reliable, cross platform and gets the job done. When there are a lot of people “one way that works for all” is a quality as well.

That said, I wish open offices were better. Even Apple numbers isn’t a realistic excel alt yet (though it is super decent). And I agree there are plenty of editors that work in many situations.

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I would use Markdown editors for literally all office tasks if I could.