• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    The Ribbon interface used on office products isn’t there because it’s good UX. It exists because there’s a software patent on it.

    If office didn’t use a patented UI, someone could make office software that replicated the UI of MS Office which would allow companies to switch to other products without having to retrain staff.

    Microsoft was enshittifying their software long before anyone else.

    • SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      No matter where you stand on your views of the ribbon, Microsoft introduced it in what, 2007? The patent is gonna expire soon.