> it hides too much stuff The Ribbon was created to improve discoverability, in part because users were constantly requesting features that the Office products

> it hides too much stuff The Ribbon was created to improve discoverability, in part because users were constantly requesting features that the Office products already had. User testing was performed to verify that the Ribbon improved discovery. I believe there is/was a series of blog posts on the Office blog that go into great detail about the design. > Just a taste thing though I suppose. Could be. Or perhaps the UI/UX folks in the Office organization did the testing incorrectly.