OpenOffice.org 3.0 released

I would have hoped for some interface enhancements. The options dialog is overloaded, you always need RGB values if you insert colors (which you do in a strange place in the first place), it's all but obvious how to create for example slide templates, most dialogs are cluttered and not even resizable. In general, I find the user interface very clunky, just not up to modern standards anymore. I get the impression that OOo has an interface which you have to "learn", and where logical thinking doesn't get you very far.

It would be good if some of those UI issues would be tackled. I'm at the point where I'm trying to keep away from using OpenOffice.org whereever I can, since when I'm using it, I often end up frustrated and with half-baked solutions (WYSIWSG layout instead of semantics + styles for example).

I'm quite concerned actually about the future of office apps on Linux, OpenOffice doesn't seem to have a bright future from what I can tell, yet KOffice is not ready to bridge this gap.