> The end result was demonstrably better for the vast majority of users (Microsoft had hard numbers to back their design decisions). I'd rather believe their s

> The end result was demonstrably better for the vast majority of users (Microsoft had hard numbers to back their design decisions). I'd rather believe their studies/methodology is flawed than that the ribbon interface makes sense. It's the most illogical and confusing interface I have ever encountered since I got my Sinclair ZX-81 as a birthday present. I still cannot use Word without googling where to find a function in the Ribbon interface, and I have no problem with any other GUI anywhere. (To be fair, I'm mostly using Linux so I'm not Word very often.)