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>Firefox, Windows (minus Metro), and earlier releases of Android - not so much. I think Windows interface has withstood the test of time pretty well. The basic

• SoftwareMaven 14y ago
  Until the ribbons took over everything.
  • Bjartr 14y ago
    But only after extensive testing found them quantitatively better than the old menu system.
    • keithpeter 14y ago
      Testing with users inexperienced in both UIs or testing with users who knew pre-ribbon Office well? A reference? I find it takes a bit of time to find where functions have moved on Office 2010, and I seem to be taking a long time to internalise the 'logic' for finding less used functions. Probably all those years on Office old style.
• Someone 14y ago
  I think that is partly in the same way roman numbers withstood the test of time: being well-known made them appear easier than they are. For example, one annoyance is the rule for what ends up in alt-tab. I work with XP at work and regularly cannot alt-tab to windows I alt-tabbed to seconds ago because they popped up some dialog (or is that only with alerts?) The rule for what ends up in the task bar also is incomprehensible for mortals. For awhile, every new release of Office managed to introduce a new variation (yes, Word is MDI, but all its windows show up separately being one variation) I guess that, if you ask users about these features, they will just say "yes, sometimes it does that".