Hi Shaun. Oh, I can use the ribbons, but I still don't like them very much. Its one of the things that has been pushing me towards open source applications like Libre Office for Linux. Libre Office is quite a bit like Microsoft Office was before Office 2007 when Microsoft decided to remove the menus and replace them with ribbons. Its not that I can't use the ribbons, I certainly can, but I personally see no need to change the user interface when the menus were just fine as is. Of course, this is a fundamental difference between open source and commercial software.
Microsoft is a commercial company and they constantly have to keep creating newer and flashier interfaces, come up with new ways of doing things, and to create a new look and feel for their software to make it sell. Open source software is user driven, written by the end users for other end users,and they are less concerned about flashy and more about functionality. That's why updates for something like Libre Office tend to be based on what end users need rather than wasting time on replacing all the menus with ribbons just to get a newer flashier look and feel. Now, if I sound like I'm doing the "if its not broke don't fix it" line I guess I am. Usually I'm all for progress, all for staying up to date, but usually there is a practical reason for it. In cases like the ribbons and the new Windows 8 start screen I have to ask why such a change was necessary, and how it will improve things for me as an end user. If it doesn't impact me in a positive way then I feel that update is a waste of time and money. Cheers! On 8/23/12, shaun everiss <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been using ribbons for a while and honestly they are not that bad. > Its like a mobile, you have a large string and a lot of dangly bits. > These bits can go accross and are grouped. > And I think of that a lot more tidier. > I don't know exactly where something is but if I know its group its > fine enough. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
