Do you use ribbons in the applications you develop?
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What's the first, Vista, .NET, or Powerpoint?
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The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
How could you forget Microsoft Bob (not to be mistaken for the awesome one), Windows ME or Clippy?
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
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Just curious, based on Chris' rant. So, do you actually develop applications that have a ribbon bar, or do you use the old fashioned menu and toolbars? Do your customers demand that you create a UI with a ribbon so they feel like they are in the "modern" world? Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
create a UI with a ribbon so they feel like they are in the "modern" world?
- find project. 2) add MS ribbon-like interface. 3) profit!
modified on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 4:42 PM
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How could you forget Microsoft Bob (not to be mistaken for the awesome one), Windows ME or Clippy?
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
I've never had the misfortune of using crappy Windows ME, although I've heard stories.
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The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
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You can't help it now. That image is burned into your mind, and in the dark of the night you'll picture a small green Jedi master gyrating on Jabba the Hutt.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
:(( Innocence lost forever, what was left of it anyway!
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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:(( Innocence lost forever, what was left of it anyway!
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Innocence lost forever, what was left of it anyway!
How can the love god claim to have had innocence?
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Innocence lost forever, what was left of it anyway!
How can the love god claim to have had innocence?
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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Yes, yes and yes. We are development whores, and will do anything for the clients money. This explains why gathering user requirements feels like lap dancing a fat, sweaty bloke.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
I don't know if you are picturing yourself doing the dancing, or receiving the dancing... Either way, that is a very, very disturbing thought that will take a long time to remove from my brain again. The really scary part is that I find it a very apt description of the process.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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I've never had the misfortune of using crappy Windows ME, although I've heard stories.
See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef
The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
Windows ME. You don't know man. You weren't there. I remember Sarge saying to me; "Watch your back, Clippy's in the tree".
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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I don't know if you are picturing yourself doing the dancing, or receiving the dancing... Either way, that is a very, very disturbing thought that will take a long time to remove from my brain again. The really scary part is that I find it a very apt description of the process.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
Marcus Kramer wrote:
Either way, that is a very, very disturbing thought that will take a long time to remove from my brain again.
Therapy. Lots of therapy. Alternatively, try consuming vast quantities of alcohol; I find that helps.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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I've never had the misfortune of using crappy Windows ME, although I've heard stories.
See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef
The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
I actually installed ME on one machine for my kids to play on. It stayed on for a total of 3 hours after completing installation before I formatted the drive and reinstalled 98.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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You can't help it now. That image is burned into your mind, and in the dark of the night you'll picture a small green Jedi master gyrating on Jabba the Hutt.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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Windows ME. You don't know man. You weren't there. I remember Sarge saying to me; "Watch your back, Clippy's in the tree".
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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Were you wearing the Princess Leia bikini outfit? That should pretty much do Nish in! ;)
Joe Simes wrote:
Were you wearing the Princess Leia bikini outfit?
Said Jedi master wore Wookie muffs.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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I actually installed ME on one machine for my kids to play on. It stayed on for a total of 3 hours after completing installation before I formatted the drive and reinstalled 98.
I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.
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Joe Simes wrote:
Were you wearing the Princess Leia bikini outfit?
Said Jedi master wore Wookie muffs.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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:laugh: Is that a reference to a film?
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The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
It is indeed, and your task for this evening is to work out which one. I'll give you a clue; it's a Vietnam movie.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Said Jedi master wore Wookie muffs.
On his ears? :omg: Do you's guys on that side of the pond use the word muff for ... never mind! ;)
It has multiple meanings, and I'd like to think that we are at a stage where innuendo can supply the rest.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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It has multiple meanings, and I'd like to think that we are at a stage where innuendo can supply the rest.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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Just curious, based on Chris' rant. So, do you actually develop applications that have a ribbon bar, or do you use the old fashioned menu and toolbars? Do your customers demand that you create a UI with a ribbon so they feel like they are in the "modern" world? Marc
No, if I do my applications would look like crapware. Let's face it, it just looks good on Microsoft's apps. Take a look at the lastest version of WinZIP, and to Visual3D.NET Editor. They look ugly and the ribbon there doesn't make sense. By the way, there's a really good implementation of an Office 2007-like ribbon in wxWidgets, 'wxRibbon' (http://www.corsix.org/content/ribbon-summer-code[^]. It even has matching styles for linux and Mac OS.
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Just curious, based on Chris' rant. So, do you actually develop applications that have a ribbon bar, or do you use the old fashioned menu and toolbars? Do your customers demand that you create a UI with a ribbon so they feel like they are in the "modern" world? Marc
No. Never been asked by any of our customers but have had plenty tell us they'd be very unhappy if we did this. It's a UI concept that seems to be very unpopular. What the hell were MS thinking? Don't they realise how much this decision has cost businesses?