This is a great presentation by Jensen Harris, talking through the history of the MS Office UI and the design approach that brought about the ribbon. Contains nice shots of the early prototypes from slide 60 onwards.
The Story of the Microsoft Office Ribbon by Jensen Harris
March 20th, 2008 by Harry Brignull • 4 comments
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That'll be me, Harry Brignull. I'm a User Experience Consultant at Madgex in Brighton. My work involves building experiences by blending User Research, Interaction Design and UCD process consultancy. In the past few years I've consulted for Nokia, British Airways, Vodafone, O2, AOL and many others.
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I followed Jensen’s blog for a while and found a lot of the articles about redesigning word fascinating; the “Why the new UI” series in particular is a highlight. Great to see he’s sharing those early drafts ….
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I have been using the for two years and I still cannot quickly find things do to this ribbon BS. Today I am making the change to open office good riddance MS Office