4 ms·
As much as I'm against software patents, I do love the idea of companies like Microsoft using them on GUIs. Bad GUI design will eventually literally be against
by swiley 9y ago
As much as I'm against software patents, I do love the idea of companies like Microsoft using them on GUIs.
Bad GUI design will eventually literally be against the law.
- toyg 9y ago> wants "bad UI" outlawed > implies Ribbon is "good UI" o_O I'm not saying traditional menus are the end-all-be-all of GUIs, but from there to assuming the ribbon is "good" there is quite a jump. I personally find it very difficult to locate anything on Ribbon bars. Edit: hey, HN banning emojis?
- scientician 9y ago^_^ If something is patented, it will become illegal to use. Hopefully /all/ proprietary patterns become patented, and then perhaps only good patterns will be left :P
- gjm11 9y agoNope, not banning emojis. You got the parent post backward and made fun of the completely-wrong thing you thought it was saying. I'm pretty sure that's what got you the downvotes. What they actually meant: Ribbons are bad UI, so if Microsoft hold a patent covering them and enforce it aggressively then (one variety of) bad UI will be unavailable or at least expensive. (Incidentally, I did not downvote your comment; I am guessing at the reasons others likely had.)
- jmkni 9y agoEach to their own I guess. I find the Ribbon UI intuitive.
- reificator 9y ago> implies Ribbon is "good UI" Where was that implied?