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Microsoft Defends Windows 8 Ribbon Decision | |
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| Time: 17:07 EST/22:07 GMT | News Source: eWeek | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Windows and Windows Live division president Steven Sinofsky took to the Building Windows 8 blog Sept. 2 to defend the choice of including the “ribbon” user interface in the upcoming operating system. “We chose the ribbon mechanism, and to those that find that a flawed choice, there isn’t much we can do other than disagree,” he wrote. “We were certain, and this proved out, that the dislike of the ribbon is most intense in the audience of this blog.” | ||
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| #1 By 2960 (72.205.26.164) at 9/7/2011 9:49:39 AM |
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Every GD ribbon they add makes the system less efficient to use. I hate these things, and so do most of my users. It takes 2-3 times the number of clicks to get the same thing done. Once you FIND it.
At least with OFFice 2010 you can modify them. 2007 was a nightmare because you were stuck with Microsoft's (cloudy) vision of an efficient interface. |
| #2 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 9/7/2011 10:30:40 AM |
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#1: "Microsoft's (cloudy) vision of an efficient interface."
Not quite! A lot of thought and research went into this. See the youtube link below for the first in a 10 part video series demonstrating how MS researched and made these decisions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl9kD693ie4&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLBAC977C464ACD157 |
| #3 By 2960 (72.205.26.164) at 9/7/2011 5:37:01 PM |
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Thats cool and all, but it's still a totally inefficient system.
I'm sure the Yugo was on the drawing board for quite a while before they built it :) Research can be wrong. Hell, Pluto ain't even a planet any more. This post was edited by TechLarry on Wednesday, September 07, 2011 at 17:38. |
| #4 By 23603 (24.201.181.124) at 9/7/2011 6:47:14 PM |
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@TEchlarry
On my side, I have been more productive since the ribbon. And with proper training, so are my users...... After our Office 2010 migration, our survey shows that only 12% would go back to Office 2003. (we have 2500 users) 61% says they are doing things more "quickly" |
| #5 By 2960 (72.205.26.164) at 9/8/2011 11:34:57 AM |
| How many users are we talking about here? |
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