Of the certainties in life, such as life, death and taxes, is the fact that LibreOffice needs a new interface.
And that’s not me be being picky, but supportive of open-source’s premier office suite.
The ‘good news’ is that LibreOffice developers know this and discussion towards overhauling the tired look of the application set have been ongoing for a while.
Amongst the interface proposal currently being discussed on the LibreOffice mailing list is the modern-looking ‘Citrus’.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/11/citrus-a-libreoffice-interface-for-today/
http://clickortap.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/citrus-overview/
http://clickortap.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/citrus-ui-review/