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Preview the Office 2007 Ribbon-Like UI Floated For OpenOffice.Org
recoiledsnake writes "OpenOffice.org has prototyped a new UI that radically changes the current OO.o interface into something very similar to the new ribbon style menus that Office 2007 introduced and which have been extensively used throughout Windows 7. The blog shows a screenshot of the prototype in Impress (the equivalent of PowerPoint), but this UI is proposed to be used across all OO.o applications. Some commenters on the Sun blog are not happy about OO.o blindly aping Office 2007, and feel that the ribbon UI may be out of place in non-Windows operating systems."
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I went ahead and installed my own dns server.
If you want to install your own dns server and if you don't know much about it (like me), keep in mind that on linux /etc/resolv.conf needs to specify 127.0.0.1 as the default DNS server. Also, this file is autogenerated when your machine acquires an ip address via DHCP so writing to this file does not result in a permanent change. To make the localhost your preferred DNS server permanently you need to put "prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;" (without quotes) in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
"or a brain dead MS hater" Erm... What about disliking unfair practices and monopolistic tendencies makes you "braindead" exactly. I am no MS fan, and I can tell a good UI when I see one. Let MS keep the ribbon, and OOo can ride the Status Quo. The ribbon looks nice but does nothing for productivity.
It's kind of like anal sex, you don't like it at first, but you get used to it after a while...and then you really enjoyit.
I like the ribbon, it's helped me convince people to use Abiword.
Updated that for you.