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The key question is: would somebody who learned to use office after 2007 with the ribbon interface appreciate moving back to the pre-2007 interface? My guess i
by ako 6y ago
The key question is: would somebody who learned to use office after 2007 with the ribbon interface appreciate moving back to the pre-2007 interface?
My guess is that more people learned to use office after 2007 than before, so the majority of people have no problems using the ribbon.
I still yearn for ms-word on dos, and oracle forms on terminal interfaces, once you learned the keyboard shortcuts, nothing was faster. Kind of like knowing vi(m).
- edoloughlin 6y agoMy guess is that more people learned to use office after 2007 than before, so the majority of people have no problems using the ribbon. Or, perhaps they are just used to a lower level of productivity? I've had 13 years to adapt, and I still find it frustrating.
- nicoburns 6y agoOn the other hand I found it instantly more productive, even right after it was introduced. No longer did I have to remember which menu an option was in. It was all right there.
- puszczyk 6y agoNot sure why this got downvoted — a personal anecdote as a reply to personal anecdote. On the subject — I’ve learned the “classic” office but really like the ribbon. I’m not a power user though — just a doc or a spreadsheet every now and then.
- ptx 6y agoIt's not all right there - some things are under another ribbon tab, which doesn't seem all that different from putting things in a collection of menus. (Except that visually it's now a jumbled mess instead of a clean and easy-to-scan linear list.)
- nicoburns 6y ago> Except that visually it's now a jumbled mess instead of a clean and easy-to-scan linear list I think I find the "jumbled mess" easier to scan because my memory is visual, and the items are visually distinct. On the other hand, with a list I actually have to read every item.
- coliveira 6y ago> My guess is that more people learned to use office after 2007 than before, so the majority of people have no problems using the ribbon. Or maybe they didn't have other options...
- pstuart 6y agoMS Word 4.x on the Mac was pretty sweet.
- bluedino 6y agoI learned on the pre-2007 interface, and (at least for Word) I would go back to the Word for DOS keyboard-based interface including the little template you put on your keyboard.