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People disliked Ribbon because it took a logical system geared towards power users (hierarchical menus) and replaced it with an organic system geared towards ne
by ethbro 6y ago
People disliked Ribbon because it took a logical system geared towards power users (hierarchical menus) and replaced it with an organic system geared towards new users (usage-driven ordering).
There was no way that wasn't going to piss off a very vocal segment of users, and Microsoft, to their detriment, badly botched the messaging.
- eitland 6y agoMy point is that even if Ribbon was a good idea the implementation had a number of flaws that made me question of UX really was the reason and not something else. My go-to example is how the File menu was hidden behind a non-button that looked just like a fancy application logo. Why would an actual, caring ux developer do that in a flagship product?