Windows 8: Pushing hated UI elements
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Dario Solera wrote:
I find it very good actually.
I have to say I'm surprised how many here like it. It makes me wonder if I'm missing something and maybe I should give it another shot. Nah, I have a Mac now. (Which is a license for me to be a snooty asshole, right?)
I too have a Mac (a MacBook Air), but I mostly dislike OSX. I purchased it for the remarkable hardware and immediately installed Windows 7 via Bootcamp.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
non-drying paint
Then it's not paint.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
It should be an option
It is.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von BraunHow so? I don't think you mean I can configure Office 2007+ to use ye olde menues. (And I don't mean some third-party replacement.)
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Does anyone like the ribbon interface? My wife, decidedly non geek, curses Office 2010 every day she has to use it because of the ribbon. I can't stand it myself. It takes up too much room with the added benefit of making things harder to find. I'm glad I bought my first Mac.[^] Yeah, I said it.
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If you're involved, I think Rule 35 more appropriate. [BTW, does Smitha[^] know about this?]
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
I've just wasted too much time looking at rules of the internet. Incidentally when I google rules of the internet[^] The 5th result is NSFW judging by the title and does not appear to have anything to do with rules of the internet (unless you apply 34 I suppose)
Pete
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
It should be an option
It is.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von BraunFrom M$ Excel help regarding the Ribbon, Help Subject: What happened to the File menu? The answer: “The ribbon replaces the menu” then goes on to extol the virtues of the ribbon ending at the bottom where it simply states "Use the Ribbon" Which is a link to how to play ribbon "whack-a-mole".
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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I'm not a fan of toolbars either.
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Does anyone like the ribbon interface? My wife, decidedly non geek, curses Office 2010 every day she has to use it because of the ribbon. I can't stand it myself. It takes up too much room with the added benefit of making things harder to find. I'm glad I bought my first Mac.[^] Yeah, I said it.
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Toolbars (and their ilk) get ridiculous at times. Ok, folks, put your thinking caps on. We need icons for: Save Save As Save Copy As Save All and Save to New Location Make them all obvious as to their function, different, easily recognizable, and you only have 4 thousand pixels to work with... Oh, yeah, and you can't make them look like a floppy disk anymore, since no one under 30 knows what that is. :laugh:
I thought you had to go to Pittsburgh for that. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.
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Does anyone like the ribbon interface? My wife, decidedly non geek, curses Office 2010 every day she has to use it because of the ribbon. I can't stand it myself. It takes up too much room with the added benefit of making things harder to find. I'm glad I bought my first Mac.[^] Yeah, I said it.
When I first started to use it I hated it, now two years later I hate it even more.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Embrace the ribbon. BE THE RIBBON!
Touch the ribbon, feel the ribbon, caress the ribbon, oh wait - wrong forum!
Regards, Nish
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Touch the ribbon, feel the ribbon, caress the ribbon, oh wait - wrong forum!
See the chrome. Feel the chrome. Touch the chrome. Heal the chrome. See the screaming, hot black steaming, iridescent naugahyde, python screaming, steam roller! Oh, wait. Wong song. ;)
I thought you had to go to Pittsburgh for that. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.
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That's because you are an accountant. Self-drying paint is exciting for you. ;P
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Software Zen:
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Embrace the ribbon. BE THE RIBBON!
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Software Zen:
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I didn't have carpal tunnel syndrome when I was using a dumb terminus or a terminus emulator. It started when I started using Visual Studio and Office.
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Extremely-Slow-Dying Paint. Note that it has a maximum lifetime of 1 year, which means it's dry by then.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun -
How so? I don't think you mean I can configure Office 2007+ to use ye olde menues. (And I don't mean some third-party replacement.)
I mean you can turn off, or even minimize, the ribbon. You can also customize a little menu with the stuff you use often.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun -
I just sprayed semi-masticated ham-and-swiss-on-croissant all over my $3,500 LCD-flat-panel-and-touchscreen. I will be sending you a bill. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Software Zen:
delete this;Haven't we all learned by now that eating and CPing do not mix :doh:
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The ribbon is not the primary problem in this screenshot. Maybe Microsoft could for once try to understand that an explorer needs to have two panes, one source and one target. I'll stick to Total Commander until this is fixed.
Rage wrote:
have two panes
I solve that by having two explorers, side by side.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun -
I mean you can turn off, or even minimize, the ribbon. You can also customize a little menu with the stuff you use often.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braunahmed zahmed wrote:
minimize, the ribbon
Which I've tried, it made it worse.
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I prefer Neural Jack-ins. I mean why dig through menus/ribbons when I can think it!
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
Ah, the famous telepathic user interface: "do what I meant, not what I said."
Software Zen:
delete this;