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> The MS ribbon was a classic redesign. It broke the standard menu metaphor and crashed productivity for no good reason. I thought I'd eventually get used to i
by icelancer 8y ago
> The MS ribbon was a classic redesign. It broke the standard menu metaphor and crashed productivity for no good reason.
I thought I'd eventually get used to it. Nope. It's still significantly less productive than a standard menu.
- hawaiianbrah 8y agoWhy’s that? Aren’t there shortcuts for about everything?
- vbezhenar 8y agoI have office installed, but I'm not using it often, so I have no idea about its shortcuts and I'm not going to learn them. Menu allows discovery. If you're smart enough, usually you can find your way to required feature via discovery. Ribbons have less items than menu and they are not very well organized (there's only one level of hierarchy), so I'm often stuck not able to find something.
- wvenable 8y agoEverything is on the ribbon. Once you understand that, it actually becomes a lot easier to use. If you think menu's promote discovery better, you haven't looked at the Visual Studio menus in a while.