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Don't forget that the ribbon expands and collapses its individual blocks dynamically based on how big the window currently is, thus switching around the look an
by Derbasti 15y ago
Don't forget that the ribbon expands and collapses its individual blocks dynamically based on how big the window currently is, thus switching around the look and position of menu items (at least in Office, it does that). That can make re-finding 'menu' items painful.
In general, I applaud the idea of unifying the menu bar and the tool bar into a 'ribbon'. That said, many programs do not need much menu interaction at all. In that case, the ribbon just looks noisy (explorer 8).
- camtarn 15y agoI wonder if the resizing behaviour was based on data about the amount of time Windows users run programs in any state other than maximized - if they have the program window maximized (or manually dragged to fill the monitor) 99.9% of the time, then they'll almost always see the Ribbon in the same state. Of course, this could lead to user confusion when they move to a new computer with a different resolution (whether upgrading, switching between desktop and laptop, or using a friend's/library/work/etc) and the Ribbon they're used to has been replaced by something completely different...