First look: LibreOffice 5.3 takes a cue from Microsoft Office’s ribbon
The latest pre-release version of the free and open source productivity suite LibreOffice 5.3 comes with a new tab-style UI codenamed MUFFIN (My User Friendly & Flexible INterface), which is an alternative to the old-school icon-bar UI found in previous versions of LibreOffice and its predecessor OpenOffice.
The idea isn’t so much to replace the existing UI, a la Microsoft Office’s “ribbon” interface, as to provide an optional approach that can be toggled on by the user. MUFFIN will co-exist with the current UI — for now.
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