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MIX08 Microsoft Office 2007: The Story of the Ribbon (1 of 10)

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UX & UI designGUI, HCI & interface history

What it is

Jensen Harris of the Office 2007 design team tells the behind-the-scenes story of the Ribbon at MIX08. He covers early prototypes, mistakes, and the UX principles used to design and validate it.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it to explain the design rationale behind the Ribbon and why the older menu and toolbar interface had accumulated too much cruft.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2011, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Being surprised by Microsoft employing the ribbon and persistent UI elements in a redesign of any software product is nothing short utter cluelessness.”

    Story of the Office ribbon design rationale

    brudgers, 2011-10 · Recommendation · in “User Research Gone Astray: The Case of Windows 8 Explorer”

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Topics: office ribbon, ux design, microsoft office, usability research, prototyping

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