Comments on: Office 14 and “Scenic”: One Small Change can destroy the Ribbon http://sawdustandglitter.com/2009/01/office-14-and-%e2%80%9cscenic%e2%80%9d-one-small-change-can-destroy-the-ribbon.html Musings on Design, UX and Architecture by a Muse Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:23:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Chandru http://sawdustandglitter.com/2009/01/office-14-and-%e2%80%9cscenic%e2%80%9d-one-small-change-can-destroy-the-ribbon.html/comment-page-1#comment-1918 Chandru Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:33:55 +0000 http://arkidect.net/blog/?p=45#comment-1918 Microsoft can also try what Autocad has done with ribbon. The used the big letter A for Autocad and big letter I for inventor with a small drop down arrow. Google for Autocad screen shot with ribbon and you can understand that. Likewise the word can have a big W and excel can have a big E, and power point have a big P, all with a small drop down arrow. Some sort of branding is always required to have pride in the product. Microsoft can also try what Autocad has done with ribbon. The used the big letter A for Autocad and big letter I for inventor with a small drop down arrow. Google for Autocad screen shot with ribbon and you can understand that. Likewise the word can have a big W and excel can have a big E, and power point have a big P, all with a small drop down arrow. Some sort of branding is always required to have pride in the product.

]]> By: John Lens http://sawdustandglitter.com/2009/01/office-14-and-%e2%80%9cscenic%e2%80%9d-one-small-change-can-destroy-the-ribbon.html/comment-page-1#comment-120 John Lens Fri, 01 May 2009 13:55:44 +0000 http://arkidect.net/blog/?p=45#comment-120 Very well written, I completely agree. I absolutely loved the Ribbon in Office 2007 but with 2010 pretty much every change they made is a step backwards. I really hope they get rid of the guy who's in charge now if he keeps making stupid design decisions like this. Very well written, I completely agree. I absolutely loved the Ribbon in Office 2007 but with 2010 pretty much every change they made is a step backwards. I really hope they get rid of the guy who’s in charge now if he keeps making stupid design decisions like this.

]]> By: thommck http://sawdustandglitter.com/2009/01/office-14-and-%e2%80%9cscenic%e2%80%9d-one-small-change-can-destroy-the-ribbon.html/comment-page-1#comment-119 thommck Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:26:01 +0000 http://arkidect.net/blog/?p=45#comment-119 I too am really disappointed by the orb disappearing. It made so much sense and really cleaned up the archaic title bar UI. Changing it to a tab/button has made it a lot more fiddly but no clearer for the end user than the Orb so what was the point? I would love to hear Microsoft's reasoning for this. (found your blog thru http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/04/27/office-2010-screenshots-emerge) I too am really disappointed by the orb disappearing. It made so much sense and really cleaned up the archaic title bar UI.
Changing it to a tab/button has made it a lot more fiddly but no clearer for the end user than the Orb so what was the point? I would love to hear Microsoft’s reasoning for this.

(found your blog thru http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/04/27/office-2010-screenshots-emerge)

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