Why did UI’s turn from practical to form over function?

E.g. Office 2003 vs Microsoft 365

Office 2003

It’s easy to remember where everything is with a toolbar and menu bar, which allows access to any option in one click and hold move.

Microsoft 365

Seriously? Big ribbon and massive padding wasting space, as well as the ribbon being clunky to use.

Why did this happen?

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    129·
    3 months ago

    In a world that loves to tout “efficiency” sprawling GUIs and mouse-click-everything has drastically reduced efficiency when a keyboard + shortcuts + macros are far more efficient.

    The further we stray from the CLI the further we stray from God. CLI-nliness is next to Godliness.

    • slurpeesoforion@startrek.websiteEnglish
      91·
      3 months ago

      Look to the atheist. He does not use the command line because he secretly believes. He does so because he knows it’s good.

    • oldfart@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I’d like to use good GUI programs designed for using with a keyboard, but it seems touch UI is the main theme for bigger developers these days, and keyboard is an afterthought at best