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I think the ribbon was an absolute disaster, i found it completely annoying and unintuitive, just my opinion though! In other words, I hated it!
by shaydoc 14y ago
I think the ribbon was an absolute disaster, i found it completely annoying and unintuitive, just my opinion though! In other words, I hated it!
- halviti 14y agoMy problem with the ribbon is that many options have just disappeared. With menus, at least you could dig through the menus to find what you're looking for. With the ribbon, you're forced to rely on google to figure out how to use your application. Ever try and figure out how to display the headers of an e-mail in Outlook?
- jpdoctor 14y ago> Ever try and figure out how to display the headers of an e-mail in Outlook? ld;o 1. You just open the email, 2. look for the area on the ribbon that says "Tags", which is under the message tab, 3, don't click on any of those large icons and look for the itsy-bitsy little box with an arrow at the bottom-right of the "Tags" area, click on that. 4. Up pops a window, look for the subbox at the bottom that says "Internet Headers:" 5. The headers are always larger than that box, but you can click on the box and select-all (ctrl-A, very convenient) 6. Copy and paste into another text tool, which can be a faux-new-email which you bring up by hitting ctrl-N. [I just had to go through the exercise this morning, and it was such a brain-damaged thing that I couldn't resist documenting it.]
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoI think the ribbon is a good idea, and it's been used to good effect in some smaller applications like Paint and Windows Explorer. It deals with different window sizes much better than plain toolbars do, and it's a better way of laying out buttons. That said, in Microsoft Office it was a horrible idea.