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AutoCAD 2009 - An outsider’s look at the Ribbon

October 30th, 2008 at 2:41 pm » Comments (0)

Kirill Grouchnikov is a developer who has a blog called Pushing Pixels. This wouldn’t normally be of particular interest to AutoCAD users, but he recently wrote a piece describing the AutoCAD 2009 Ribbon. It is always interesting to things described from a different perspective, in this case the Ribbon from a non-user’s point of view. [...]



Ease of use and the Ribbon

September 12th, 2008 at 10:34 am » Comments (5)

I have Office 2007 on my newest computer at home, which I bought primarily to familiarise myself with the Ribbon interface and allow me to discuss it from a position other than ignorance. I use Word and Excel 2007 on that computer, and find the ease of use about the same as earlier releases. Some [...]



Matt Stein’s Blog and Microsoft’s Mojave Marketing

September 1st, 2008 at 3:34 pm » Comments (1)

Thanks to Shaan Hurley for revealing to the wider world the existence of Ribbon Man Matt Stein’s blog. I’m not sure it’s appropriate for a blogging n00b like myself to welcome somebody with a blog four years older than his own, but I’m going to do it anyway. Welcome, Matt (no pun intended).
Some of Matt’s [...]



I like Bill Gates a little more now

June 27th, 2008 at 9:05 pm » Comments (2)

I recently enjoyed reading what appears to be a genuine and not at all atypical internal Microsoft email from Bill Gates. I always enjoy seeing an honest opinion expressed in a way that cuts through the glossy corporate PR image, and this one certainly does that. Actually, it reminds me of the sort of thing [...]



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