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Subject Re: Software Bloat
Date Tue, 18 Mar 2014 22:55:48 +0000
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On 18/03/2014 22:07, RS Wood wrote:
> How about the guys who imposed Microsoft's unloved "Ribbon" toolbar on
> us?  I consider myself a power user, but my efficiency was crippled by
> that stupid "innovation."

The ribbon in, for example, Office products, can be painful to use - 
especially when more or less conventional menus hang off the ribbon.

However, I have used a few non-MS products where the ribbon approach has 
been spectacularly effective. If the entire set of choices can easily be 
displayed in a ribbon, then it can work. If you end up with multiple 
ribbons, and using lots other ways of making choices, it becomes ghastly 
very quickly.

-- 
Rod

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Re: The Hex concept "Dave" <dwickford@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-17 20:46 +0000
  Re: The Hex concept RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-18 08:59 +0000
    Re: The Hex concept Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-18 13:42 +0100
      Re: The Hex concept RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-18 19:02 +0000
        Software Bloat Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-18 19:19 +0000
          Re: Software Bloat Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-18 20:51 +0000
            Re: Software Bloat Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-18 14:49 -0700
              Re: Software Bloat Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-18 22:05 +0000
                Re: USB interface RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-20 20:09 +0000
                Re: USB interface Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-20 20:24 +0000
                Re: USB interface Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-21 04:31 +0000
                Re: USB interface RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-21 09:39 +0000
                Re: USB interface RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-01 21:19 +0000
                Re: USB interface Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-05-01 23:33 -0300
                Re: USB interface Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-05-02 08:49 +0100
                Re: USB interface Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-02 07:56 +0000
                Re: USB interface Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-05-02 10:39 +0100
                Re: USB interface Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-02 10:21 +0000
                Re: USB interface Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-05-02 19:30 +0100
                Re: USB interface Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-05-02 08:23 +0000
                Re: USB interface Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-02 09:58 +0100
                Re: USB interface RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-02 09:14 +0000
                Re: USB interface Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-02 11:06 +0100
                Re: USB interface Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-05-02 10:21 +0000
                Re: USB interface Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-02 22:35 +0200
                Re: USB interface Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-05-02 12:25 -0600
                Re: USB interface Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-05-02 13:23 +0300
                Re: USB interface Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> - 2014-05-02 15:29 +0200
                Re: USB interface Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-05-06 16:47 +0300
                Re: USB interface Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> - 2014-05-08 16:55 +0200
                Re: USB interface Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-03-21 15:20 +0000
                Re: USB interface Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-22 00:41 +0000
                Re: USB interface Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2014-03-21 22:44 -0500
                Re: USB interface Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-22 00:49 -0700
                Re: USB interface Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-22 09:46 +0100
                Re: USB interface Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2014-03-22 12:42 -0500
                Re: USB interface Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-22 15:17 +0000
              Re: Software Bloat RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-18 22:07 +0000
                Re: Software Bloat Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-18 15:38 -0700
                Re: Software Bloat Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-19 10:30 -0400
                Re: Software Bloat Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-19 15:40 +0000
                Re: Software Bloat Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-19 16:27 +0000
                Re: Software Bloat Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-19 16:59 +0100
                Re: Software Bloat polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-03-18 22:55 +0000
                Re: Software Bloat Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-19 12:27 +0000
                Re: Software Bloat Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-19 16:26 +0000
                Re: Software Bloat RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-19 20:07 +0000

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