Codejock Developer Community : Question: What do you think about Ribbon http://forum.codejock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:05:53 +0000 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 07:46:04 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 forum.codejock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4349 <![CDATA[Codejock Developer Community]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_images/codejock-logo.gif http://forum.codejock.com/ <![CDATA[Question: What do you think about Ribbon : ...also because of the overhead...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4349&PID=13755&title=question-what-do-you-think-about-ribbon#13755 Author: SteveDude
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Posted: 21 June 2006 at 7:46am

...also because of the overhead the ribbon graphics added to the commandbar control (doubled it's size), I would like to see either the graphics pulled out the control and let me load them from a resource file, some other scenario or possibly just make it a separate control all together.]]> Wed, 21 Jun 2006 07:46:04 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4349&PID=13755&title=question-what-do-you-think-about-ribbon#13755 <![CDATA[Question: What do you think about Ribbon : Personally I think itlooks cool,...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4349&PID=13750&title=question-what-do-you-think-about-ribbon#13750 Author: SteveDude
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Posted: 21 June 2006 at 1:28am

Personally I think it looks cool, but i can see that if it is not implemented properly and with some thought, it could quickly look like an unorganized and confusing mess. It also takes up some real esate. What would be cool is if it would slide down like a menu and you could either dock it or not.]]> Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:28:07 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4349&PID=13750&title=question-what-do-you-think-about-ribbon#13750 <![CDATA[Question: What do you think about Ribbon : cryo75 wrote:As you can see,...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4349&PID=13523&title=question-what-do-you-think-about-ribbon#13523 Author: SuperMario
Subject: 4349
Posted: 08 June 2006 at 1:07pm

Originally posted by cryo75 cryo75 wrote:



As you can see, Outlook is a different beast. There are too many views (aka documents, eg. contacts, tasks, mails, etc), and this is harder to implement.



Context tabs are good in these cases.  For example, open up word and insert a table or chart.  You will see new tabs appear specific to these objects when selected.  Could be same idea with different document types.
]]> Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:07:45 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4349&PID=13523&title=question-what-do-you-think-about-ribbon#13523 <![CDATA[Question: What do you think about Ribbon : Yep. If you look at the beta,...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4349&PID=13487&title=question-what-do-you-think-about-ribbon#13487 Author: cryo75
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Posted: 07 June 2006 at 6:18am

Yep. If you look at the beta, only Word, Excel, Access and Powerpoint have a ribbon throughout the app. Outlook has a ribbon when adding/editing contacts.

Ribbons are great when apps work on one type of documents, ie. documents in Word, spreadsheets in Excel, databases in Access, presentations in Powerpoint. As you can see, Outlook is a different beast. There are too many views (aka documents, eg. contacts, tasks, mails, etc), and this is harder to implement.

MS has stated that only the apps above will have a ribbon but other apps will join the ribbon team later on.

From what I can understand, a ribbon will replace the menubar, toolbar, tabbed toolbar and task panels.

W'll have to wait and see...

]]> Wed, 07 Jun 2006 06:18:04 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4349&PID=13487&title=question-what-do-you-think-about-ribbon#13487 <![CDATA[Question: What do you think about Ribbon : gshawn wrote:I like your implementation...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4349&PID=13428&title=question-what-do-you-think-about-ribbon#13428 Author: gshawn
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Posted: 06 June 2006 at 4:14am

Originally posted by gshawn gshawn wrote:

I like your implementation of the ribbon, however for many applications I don't think it would not make sense to implement a ribbon

I think the key in the video Oleg linked, is that the ribbon was designed primarily to provide a "Results Oriented" interface (think galleries, live previews, etc).

This is great for content-creation apps like word processors, graphic editors, etc., however it would not work for a web browser, music player, development tools, etc.

The ribbon can enhance some application UIs, but I'm afraid we will see it overused if only because it's the latest look from MS Office.

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Posted: 06 June 2006 at 3:54am

I like your implementation of the ribbon, however for many applications I don't think it would not make sense to implement a ribbon]]> Tue, 06 Jun 2006 03:54:14 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4349&PID=13427&title=question-what-do-you-think-about-ribbon#13427 <![CDATA[Question: What do you think about Ribbon : How about a Designer Studio for...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4349&PID=13425&title=question-what-do-you-think-about-ribbon#13425 Author: OscarM
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Posted: 06 June 2006 at 3:34am

How about a Designer Studio for Ribbon bars?
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Posted: 05 June 2006 at 11:58am

You need a 3rd option "I plan to wait to see what users reactions are to Office 2007 and see if the changes are applicable to our application" ]]> Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:58:15 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4349&PID=13404&title=question-what-do-you-think-about-ribbon#13404 <![CDATA[Question: What do you think about Ribbon : I have an application that has...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4349&PID=13389&title=question-what-do-you-think-about-ribbon#13389 Author: cryo75
Subject: 4349
Posted: 05 June 2006 at 9:33am

I have an application that has different data entry panels (eg. suppliers, customers, orders, products, etc). The application has been designed with the same UI as MS Money 2006.

I'm still trying to understand how menus, toolbars and tasks will be migrated to the Ribbon!!

Ivan

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Posted: 05 June 2006 at 9:20am

Hello,

So we released new Ribbon version, what do you think about it.... Please vote above.

ps. Some nice video from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/ui/video.mspx

 

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