I know I'm going to regret asking this - what is this ribbon interface you lot are talking about???
I know I'm going to regret asking this - what is this ribbon interface you lot are talking about???
If someone tried to make me dig my own grave I would say No.
They're going to kill me anyway and I'd love to die the way I lived:
Avoiding Manual Labour.
Frank - if you open Office 2007 applications they will have a graphic horizontal toolbar (the ribbon) at the top of the window - instead of a whole bunch of little tool icons. It is almost like having a webpage style navigation. You can't see all the options at once. Clicking, say, 'Format' will expand that part of the toolbar and provide numerous commands relating to formatting. When you later click 'view' it will expand and 'format' contract.
The result is fairly intuitive but puts things in slightly different places than where you might have come to expect them from older versions.
Thanks Ross,
I have OpenOffice and am unlikely to come across MSOffice of my own free will.
If someone tried to make me dig my own grave I would say No.
They're going to kill me anyway and I'd love to die the way I lived:
Avoiding Manual Labour.
Unfortunately (or luckily for some), the Microsoft interface initiatives (as well as Apple even to the higher degree) are extremely contagious. So, it's highly probable that quite soon we'll see this kind of interface everywhere (including OpenOffice). Unless Apple will step forward with ribbon killing interface concept in the near future.
John.
aha! extremely huh??..extremely contagious. So, it's highly probable that quite soon we'll see this kind of interface everywhere
So - RUI for Xtreme 5 ??
Ribbon in Xtreme 5: this is exactly what I'm suggesting!
indeed.
John.
And the sad part is that the MS Mega fanboys would obediently line up to spout the praises of the latest marketing gimmick that bears little resemblence to actually needed features.
'Ribbon bars' indeed. If I I had a quarter for every time MS claimed to come out with some useless marketing speak.
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