On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:10:51 +0000, Bruce Cran <[email protected]> wrote: > For some, Office is unusable due to the new Ribbon interface and > libreoffice is the usable office suite due to its familiar menus.
Users who have already used PCs are familiar with the menu technique of functionality presentation. Scanning them is a lot faster than trying to find things in an always-changing context-sensitive Ribbon interface where things tend to rearrange whatever your focus is currently on. On the other hand, the Ribbon would be good for new users who do not have to re-learn things and who are not good at thinking in categories, or good at thinking at all. :-) No, seriously: Provided certain parameters (big screen, no established knowledge, no need for consistency, average visual perception and discrimination abilities), the Ribbon can benefit work. Just because *I* do not feel familiar with it, it doesn't mean that others have to judge the same way. Oh, and you don't really need it when you already know the keyboard shortcuts, which is ESSENTIAL for serious work (because it's faster). :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
