mse, > Hello Gleason,
>>> I#m quite OK with ribbons in general but >>> at the moment it doesn't use the possibilities that a ribbon offers, >>> like sub groups. As an idea to show what I mean: Take the tab >>> "Message" for example: >>> Tab Message >>> Sub group "Communicate" contains actions >>> New >>> Reply >>> Reply to all >>> Forward >>> Forward as text >>> Forward as attachments >>> Resend >>> Redirect >>> Edit as new >>> Sub Group "Categorize" contains actions >>> Flags >>> Colour Group >>> Tags >>> Memo (was Memo Editor) >>> Sub Group "Organize" contains actions >>> Move to Folder >>> Copy to Folder >>> Save as >>> Delete >>> Sub Group "Print" contains actions >>> Print >>> Print Preview >>> Print Setup >>> What are you thoughts, readers? G>> The problem with sub groups is that functions get hidden in the G>> hierarchy. "Now where is that darn Save As function"? And "Edit as G>> new"? Not here, not there. Menu bars can have groups too (sub G>> menus). In practice, they are minimally used, which should also be G>> the case with sub groups in ribbons. > OK, maybe this was not well described on my end. > I don't mean sub groups in the sense of sub menues which open on > MouseOver or Click. > I meant an optical group as you can see it in the tab "Options". > The second "Options" and "Select Skin" are what I think to be called > sub groups. Ok, I grant that would be an improvement on ribbons, and not much better than sub menus. A difference would be that it would be ok to have more use of groupings than of sub menus. > Best regards, > mse > -- > Using The Bat! Version 9.0.0.2 (ALPHA) (32-bit) Pro on > Windows 10 (Build 18362) (64-bit) without OTFE > ________________________________________________________ > 'Using TBBETA' information: > http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html -- Gleason ________________________________________________________ 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
