OpenOffice.org charts undergo cosmetic surgery

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jul 5, 2007 12:36 PM EDT
Linux.com; By Bruce Byfield
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OpenOffice.org suffers from a wildly inconsistent user interface (UI) that combines unique elements with borrowings from Microsoft Office. Now, in the upcoming version 2.3, it is finally having some of the cosmetic procedures it so badly needs -- at least in the charts subsystem. The changes include a new default color scheme and a heavily revamped wizard, but only small changes in functionality, making this revision a case study in UI design for both better and worse.

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