https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=135501
--- Comment #86 from Mike Kaganski <mikekagan...@hotmail.com> --- I want to support the really crucial point raised by ajlittoz in comment #81. Regardless of the UI *technology* that would be the default, the discussion here drives us in a completely wrong direction, and actually should *not* happen until that point is clarified and resolved. The *current* UI (menu + toolbars + sidebar) might not be perfect; however, *current* form of other UIs makes it *much* harder to use styles, which are the core of LibreOffice. Most advanced features of the suite are based on styles; so making dealing with styles harder, you make all advanced features even less accessible and usable by anyone. And note, that advanced features are not only used by advanced users: any user may receive a document with arbitrary set of features, including those used by the software to emulate features in a foreign format. And when your UI makes these features even more awkward to use than necessary, the conceptual complexity is multiplied, making it a nightmare to comprehend what is going on. Any UI, be it tabbed or whatever, must be analyzed from the point of view of usability with advanced scenarios, keeping in mind that different parts of the UI must work together to help user understand such features, not fragment them. So where are the results of such analysis? In the current form, it looks like we rely on the opinion of users who don't really use the product, but could as well use WordPad for their needs, to decide if current tabbed UI is ready for the primetime. Basic users should not be "second class citizens", but power users should not be just as well. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.