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.
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.
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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
The ribbon sucks. And just when we get use to it, MS will change it again ):
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It is shocking how poorly the ribbon is designed. It sucked when it was launched, it sucks now that I’m used to it, and it will still suck when it’s gone.