Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 21st Apr 2009 09:36 UTC, submitted by davidiwharper
Windows Vista wasn't exactly a success, and as such, Microsoft needed different people to manage the development of Windows 7. One of those new people is Julie Larson-Green, who made a very good showing with Microsoft Office 2007, which took the bold move of replacing the menu-driven interface with the newly designed Ribbon interface. The Sydney Morning Herald (awesome name) decided to take a look at who, exactly, Larson-Green is.
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There is no much space on neetbook screen, and ribbon is a good way to waste it. Ideally the entire screen should be used by text area and all these ribbons and toolbars should appear and disappear as popup-things, as they are required only when we need to find a command. And extensive using of mouse is also inconvenient when working with text, when fingers are on their positions on the keyboard. Yes, there are shortcuts, but there is no word visible, so there is no mnemonic to remember.
I would say, that there are still no satisfactory editors on market, and new office does not make any difference, but just steals a little of my screen real estate. It is still has the same bad traditional UI design.