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As I wrote I still do consider keyboard UI on windows the best, because it's AFAIK the only widely supported destop OS with full keyboard control of the GUI. Bu
by m_mueller 10y ago
As I wrote I still do consider keyboard UI on windows the best, because it's AFAIK the only widely supported destop OS with full keyboard control of the GUI. But the Ribbons are not for me - it's a menu system that's also trying to be a context aware palette, which makes it worse than either a classic menu (easy to skim though and find what you want, especially on MacOS) or a palette (can be placed wherever it's the most useful, i.e. allowing the shortest mouse travel).
Please note that I still do consider Windows Office the best version nevertheless, but for different reasons.
- pat2man 10y agomacOS does have keyboard menu control and it is pretty good. http://lifehacker.com/321595/access-the-dock-and-menu-bar-from-your-keyboard http://lifehacker.com/321595/access-the-dock-and-menu-bar-fr...
- scholia 10y agoThe Ribbon is a much better UI because it takes up less room, makes more features more accessible, and provides much better discoverability. To appreciate the pros and cons, I'd suggest going though the full account of the development [1], though there is a simpler intro/index [2] that links to a good video [3]. Of course, there's also personal taste, and you are perfectly entitled to prefer whichever menu system you like. However, the Ribbon won a decade ago, so at this stage, it would probably be more useful to learn how to make better use of it. My Alt tip is just one example. [1] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jensenh/2008/03/13/table-of-contents/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jensenh/2008/03/13/table-of... [2] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jensenh/2008/03/12/the-story-of-the-ribbon/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jensenh/2008/03/12/the-stor... [3] https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MIX/MIX08/UX09 https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MIX/MIX08/UX09