The ribbon discussion reminds a lot of the iPad one - all the IT "geniuses" simply don't get it. Hate the ribbon. Hate the iPad. But for the majority of users

The ribbon discussion reminds a lot of the iPad one - all the IT "geniuses" simply don't get it. Hate the ribbon. Hate the iPad. But for the majority of users, those are massive improvements in UI. Right-Click, Double-Click, ... arcane commands only people like and love that are good at memorizing actions. And if those memorized actions are gone, the rage begins. You need to be anal to love the old Office UI or the command line. Do you remember the hate the old Office UI got in the past from the very people who now praise it? Personally, I think the ribbon UI was the ballsiest move that MS did in a decade. It showed real guts, real vision. In Office 2010, they improved upon it, making Excel, Powerpoint and Word actually more usable. Exposing new functions and teaching me about them, from within the UI.