Ribbon is not a good UI, IMHO. It comes from Microsoft's idea that
every command must have a corresponding icon, which in the past made
for some of the most cluttered UIs out there. It's really hard to find
what you need in the new Office ribbons, and I would think twice
before following this trend. If you feel you need a ribbon in your
application, maybe it's time to rethink your UI.
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Gleb Dolgich
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On 30 Mar 2009, at 20:41, Scott Barnes wrote:
Just a note. The true power of Ribbon isn't necessarily just a tab/
hbox navigation, it's also about context in that the navigation
reacts to elements you may have with your application. Thus
producing contextual sensitive "additional" menu items where the end
user invokes sensitive areas.
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:11 AM, Thibaud Van Vreckem <thibaudm...@gmail.com
> wrote:
I know I could do it using tabs and panels, but an existing FLEX
version could save me a lot of time.
that ribbon design is a perfect example of what flex shines for.
it's nothing more than tabs and canvas/Hbox panels. that's probably
about 5 sec setup.
I'm not sure I understand what you would you need a component for ..
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Claudio M. E. Bastos Iorio<selecter...@gmail.com
> wrote:
Thanks for your answer and links.
The silverlight version looks really great. Check this online demo
(silverlight required):http://silverlight.services.live.com/invoke/60108/SilverlightRibbon/iframe.html
I’m not trying to copy exactly the ribbon. Just the concept.
I know I could do it using tabs and panels, but an existing FLEX
version could save me a lot of time.
If I don’t find any FLEX version, the silverlight version will help
me a lot, thanks.
I wish I could use silverlight + .NET, but this is an AIR project L
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On Behalf Of Sam Lai
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:53 AM
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Ribbon in FLEX
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101679411033.aspx?pid=CL100796341033#2
Kind of like the toolbar for picking controls in Adobe Dreamweaver
(unless they've changed it in recent versions).
Unfortunately I haven't heard of any Flash implementations, only
Silverlight implementations. You could implement it yourself using a
TabNavigator and Panel controls inside each tab for groups, and
buttons inside them. It's the styling that will be a pain - the
official specs are available from Microsoft for free though, with some
conditions attached
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/office/aa973809.aspx). You could also
use the images and even code if you know XAML from the Silverlight
version - http://silverlightribbon.codeplex.com/
Personally I'd be making my own interpretation of the ribbon control
instead of following the Microsoft version to the dot, especially
seeing as they have changed a few bits in Windows 7 which will
probably filter down to Office in Office 2010 (e.g. the confusion with
the File menu - the Orb in the top corner is now gone).
2009/3/13 Tracy Spratt <tspr...@lariatinc.com>:
> I am not familiar with that control, can you describe it?
>
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> Tracy Spratt,
>
> Lariat Services, development services available
>
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> From:
flexcod...@yahoogroups.com[mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Claudio M. E. Bastos Iorio
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:13 AM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Ribbon in FLEX
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there any component (free or paid) similar to the office 2007
ribbon
> control?
>
>
>
> TIA
>
>
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>
> Claudio M. E. Bastos Iorio
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Regards,
Scott Barnes
Rich Platforms Product Manager
Microsoft.
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