"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <pdschmid@nospam.mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Give the new Ribbon UI at least a week-long chance (of actually working

I gave it two already and it is attrocious. This is not 'innovation' but
rather
"let's change things and then claim it is better."

> with it only) and have non-power-users try it as well. The biggest problem
> the UI has is that it is simply a brand-new thing nobody knows.

No, the biggest problem is that it dumps YEARS of muscle memory and even
when it could makes things compatible it just dumps the old stuff
completely,
as in Outtlook messages.

Without an option to restore the old menus I will NOT be installing or
recommending
this to anyone.

> It took me a month during the beta (when the apps were quite unstable and
> made working with them hard) to get used to the new UI in a way that

A month? A week for no real improvement is too long.


> I didn't want to go back to 2003. Also, users who know 2003 very well are
> going to have the hardest time with it.

Even 2003 introduced some stupid stuff but you could mostly avoid it.

> It's a big change and it takes time to get used to it. There are some
> rough edges that you might encounter, but those can be addressed one by
> one, but only after you are over the "the entire Ribbon UI sucks" thing.

Then there should be an option to restore it.

Whoever designed this is a MORON -- and I used to teach UI design
when I worked for MS.

--
Herb Martin, MCSE, MVP
http://www.LearnQuick.Com
(phone on web site)