leonardtj

April 04, 2011 at 7:17pm

I love the ribbon in office 2010, and the native apps in win 7. I personally find them easier to navigate when you combine the ability to hide them and gain screen real estate, they are win, win.  What I really want to see in Windows 8 is three simple things.

1. A real dock for applications, I want something along the lines of Rocketdock. Not the taskbar dock of windows seven.

2. Integrate security essentials into the OS, hell anyone with half a brain is using it already,

3. Virtual desktops like compize cube in Linux. I want a 3d desktop cube that rotates on my windows (that actually works).

Why, oh, why can't Microsoft make windows cool, well like the way I have customized mine? I don't know why osx and apple are thought of as cool. Steve Jobs' has done more to suppress outside innovation than Bill ever did.

So please MS I beg you get some cool on, aero and seven were great start, but there is much cool to do.

 

AhCup

April 04, 2011 at 3:06pm

It's really sad to see all the ribbon's hate. IMHO i dislike the ribbon at 1st, and then I love it once I finally understand what it does to help. It's mean to create a UI that the user doesn’t have to remember all the functions, but it's very easy to find a function you rarely use when you need it. It seems a lot of user misunderstands how to use the new UI, or give up on it already before they take a real look at it. You can in fact setup a custom "tab" to include all the always use features. But I really don't feel the need of setup a custom tab myself, I know I could find feature without much trouble. You can double click to make the toolbar disappear, and you only need to see it when you click the tabs. In simple words, the ribbon is the menu+toolbar at the same time. I find myself enjoy using ribbon a lot, since I don't have to be good in memory in order to use all the software features. Sometime i simply find features that I never know it's there in since the older version of the same software. I hope more ppl love the ribbon, but I guess that's nothing I can do about it. Just one last question, are you sure it's the UI design sucks? or you would rather computer UI never change so you always feel comfortable with it?

 

Tech-Monkey

April 04, 2011 at 1:53pm

If Microsoft does not give traditional/classic interface as a option of final build, I won't have to worry about it.  I will not buy another copy of Windows and will convert the four computers of this house to Linux where choice is an option.

hammeredtoast

April 04, 2011 at 1:51pm

I-- I'm not even sure I know what ribbons are, but I clearly want more of it!

DarkMatter

April 04, 2011 at 12:51pm

I don't like the ribbon on the office products. And I CERTAINLY will ditch the OS if it becomes the defacto interface. If Microsoft comes up with a way for users to use (what will soon be called) the classic mode for all it's products I will reconsider. For me it is a waist of screen real-estate waste of clicks and a waste of time.

astrocramp

April 04, 2011 at 12:00pm

I like the ribbon, the only thing that should change is that it should be vertical, rather than horizontal. All the real estate on the side of widescreen monitors is wasted, especially when editing documents.

tornato7

April 04, 2011 at 11:55am

I'm glad to see others hate the ribbon as much as I do. It's a waste of space and makes it impossible to find things or takes 10 clicks to get to instead of 1. At least make them customizable like the toolbars in office 2003! If windows 8 doesn't have a way to turn this off, I literally will defect to iOS or Linux, and only use windows for gaming.

Exarkun1138

April 04, 2011 at 11:09am

I have no problem with Microsoft using the Ribbon interface for Windows 8, so long as there is an option to turn it off. Otherwise, if that becomes the default interface and there is no option for using the classic menu system, then I'll stick with Windows 7 until enough people complain and Microsoft patches 8 and puts the classic menus back in.

lordmidnight

April 04, 2011 at 10:18am

Why do the continue to resist using Windows Phone 7 as a tablet UI? Sure, it needs some tweeks, but it's the logical choice, as an interface that was designed from the ground up for a touchscreen. And it would look great. I like the Zune HD/WP7 design asthetic. I'm not sure I'd buy a tablet with regular Windows on it. I guess I'd have to see it in action, but I have a feeling that Android will work better.

Caboose

April 04, 2011 at 10:02am

Personally, I think Microsoft should build a base Win8 and then from there branch off for desktop/laptop and tablet. Just have Windows 8 Tablet edition, and then Windows 8 Home, Pro and Ultimate.

That way we don't have to deal with the tablet based stuff in a desktop OS

blip2004

April 04, 2011 at 8:16am

I'd be fine with ribbons.. IF I COULD FIND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. Making me search for a half hour for something that was 3 simple clicks in Word 2003 (usually something to do with formatting) is not more accessible. (Actually the only specific example I can really think of right now is in PowerPoint 2007, trying to insert a custom sound clip took me an hour because you have to add it in as an animation instead of a sound clip.)

TommM

April 04, 2011 at 8:06am

Ribbons are for idiots.  Give us another option MS.

Neufeldt2002

April 04, 2011 at 8:00am

Defect to iOS, not likely. Linux maybe, but definitely not iOS.

 

Publish to facebook should be opt-in, not opt-out.

Mighty BOB!

April 04, 2011 at 7:14am

It probably won't survive beta, in which case, screw you Microsoft.

TechLarry

April 04, 2011 at 6:54am

OMG please no.  Not the #1 destroyer of Office Productivity since the beginning of the PC.

 

That !@#%!@#$ Ribbon Bar system.

 

I am 100% convinced Microsoft performs ZERO useability studies on it's interfaces.