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  • H Hans Dietrich

    Here is a series of posts unveiling specific new Windows 8 features, by Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott. Part 1: Welcome Screen Part 2: Windows Explorer Ribbon Part 3: Internet Explorer Immersive Part 4: Modern Reader Part 5: Aero Auto-Colorization Wrap-up: News from Around the Web

    Best wishes, Hans


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    Hans Dietrich wrote:

    Windows Explorer Ribbon

    I threw up a little in my mouth.

    FILETIME to time_t
    | FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchy

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    • P peterchen

      Hans Dietrich wrote:

      Windows Explorer Ribbon

      I threw up a little in my mouth.

      FILETIME to time_t
      | FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchy

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      NormDroid
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      peterchen wrote:

      I threw up a little in my mouth.

      Hold it in and swallow, you'll get used to it in the long run.

      www.software-kinetics.co.uk Wear a hard hat it's under construction

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      • H Hans Dietrich

        Here is a series of posts unveiling specific new Windows 8 features, by Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott. Part 1: Welcome Screen Part 2: Windows Explorer Ribbon Part 3: Internet Explorer Immersive Part 4: Modern Reader Part 5: Aero Auto-Colorization Wrap-up: News from Around the Web

        Best wishes, Hans


        [Hans Dietrich Software]

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        Mark_Wallace
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        Apparently, "it (the ribbon) provided a way to make previously hidden functionality far more discoverable". Whoever wrote that must be out of his tiny mind.

        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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        • N NormDroid

          I prefer holding shift down for a new window.

          www.software-kinetics.co.uk Wear a hard hat it's under construction

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          Lost User
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          Right-click!

          The best things in life are not things.

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          • M Mark_Wallace

            Apparently, "it (the ribbon) provided a way to make previously hidden functionality far more discoverable". Whoever wrote that must be out of his tiny mind.

            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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            Hans Dietrich
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            :laugh: I think it's extremely clever of Microsoft to have invented a UI element that Apple will never steal.

            Best wishes, Hans


            [Hans Dietrich Software]

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            • L Lost User

              Right-click!

              The best things in life are not things.

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              NormDroid
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              I know, I know :)

              www.software-kinetics.co.uk Wear a hard hat it's under construction

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              • N NormDroid

                I know, I know :)

                www.software-kinetics.co.uk Wear a hard hat it's under construction

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                Lost User
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                I never doubted it. ;)

                The best things in life are not things.

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                  I never doubted it. ;)

                  The best things in life are not things.

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                  :)

                  www.software-kinetics.co.uk Wear a hard hat it's under construction

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                  • M Mark_Wallace

                    Apparently, "it (the ribbon) provided a way to make previously hidden functionality far more discoverable". Whoever wrote that must be out of his tiny mind.

                    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                    Nagy Vilmos
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                    Mark Wallace wrote:

                    Whoever wrote that must be out of his tiny mind.

                    Marketing with minds? Who knew?


                    Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                    • A AspDotNetDev

                      Hold CTRL when you click and it will open in a new tab.

                      Help a brotha out and vote Managing Your JavaScript Library in ASP.NET as the best ASP.NET article of May 2011.

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                      Just use the mmb for a new tab, that way you got an arm left to eat bacon.

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