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Re: Menu Creation with Access 2010 - Switchboard vs Navigation Form Pros & Cons - What is the best solution ?

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"PW" <emailaddyinsig@ifIremember.com> wrote

 > What's wrong with a ribbon menu?

I heard a one-hour presentation on The Ribbon by its "Daddy" before it was 
revealed to the public -- most-selfserving presentation I'd seen in 20 or 
more years; already defending it on the basis of "extensive usability 
testing" before the public had seen it.  There was no groundswell of 
approval, no standing ovation by the audience of MVPs. The "need" was based 
on "Office menus are so complex, they have to be simplified"; that was an 
erroneous statement -- only Word's menus could remotely have been considered 
complex, and it's still open to question whether The Ribbon is more 
productive and easier to use. I am in the camp which believes The Ribbon is 
less productive, less easy to use, and I'm far from alone in my views on the 
subject.

I also saw the same fellow's two-and-a-half hour presentation given to the 
Developer's Conference that year, and it simply confirmed my beliefs from 
the earlier one.  I have observed The Ribbon in use by its proponents, and 
have used it myself (just as little as possible) and still don't like it, 
don't think it's easier, and don't see that its more productive.

There are, however, clever lads and lassies who've created add-ins / add-ons 
to restore most menu functionality, so if you must use Access 2007 and 
later, you probably can do so without screaming, pulling out your hair, 
lying on the floor, kicking with your heels, banging with your fists, and 
holding your breath 'til you turn blue -- probably.

 Larry Linson
   Microsoft Access MVP
   Co-Author, Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions, pub by Wiley, 2010 

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Menu Creation with Access 2010 - Switchboard vs Navigation Form Pros & Cons - What is the best solution ? jpr.charron@gmail.com - 2014-02-19 10:01 -0800
  Re: Menu Creation with Access 2010 - Switchboard vs Navigation Form Pros & Cons - What is the best solution ? "David Hare-Scott" <secret@nospam.com> - 2014-02-20 07:55 +1100
  Re: Menu Creation with Access 2010 - Switchboard vs Navigation Form Pros & Cons - What is the best solution ? PW <emailaddyinsig@ifIremember.com> - 2014-02-20 10:21 -0700
    Re: Menu Creation with Access 2010 - Switchboard vs Navigation Form Pros & Cons - What is the best solution ? "Phil" <phil@stantonfamily.co.uk> - 2014-02-20 17:58 +0000
    Re: Menu Creation with Access 2010 - Switchboard vs Navigation Form Pros & Cons - What is the best solution ? Ron Weiner <rw@domain.com> - 2014-02-20 13:40 -0500
    Re: Menu Creation with Access 2010 - Switchboard vs Navigation Form Pros & Cons - What is the best solution ? "Access Developer" <accdevel@gmail.com> - 2014-02-20 13:15 -0600
      Re: Menu Creation with Access 2010 - Switchboard vs Navigation Form Pros & Cons - What is the best solution ? PW <emailaddyinsig@ifIremember.com> - 2014-02-21 14:11 -0700
  Re: Menu Creation with Access 2010 - Switchboard vs Navigation Form Pros & Cons - What is the best solution ? "Albert D. Kallal" <PleaseNOSpamkallal@msn.com> - 2014-02-21 16:35 -0700
    Re: Menu Creation with Access 2010 - Switchboard vs Navigation Form Pros & Cons - What is the best solution ? "Access Developer" <accdevel@gmail.com> - 2014-02-21 19:43 -0600
      Re: Menu Creation with Access 2010 - Switchboard vs Navigation Form Pros & Cons - What is the best solution ? "Phil" <phil@stantonfamily.co.uk> - 2014-02-22 08:55 +0000
      Re: Menu Creation with Access 2010 - Switchboard vs Navigation Form Pros & Cons - What is the best solution ? "Albert D. Kallal" <PleaseNOSpamkallal@msn.com> - 2014-02-22 14:19 -0700

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