Microsoft wants you to use the Ribbon in your applications. In a session today at PDC, Microsoft outlined Ribbon development and urged developers to include it in their applications.Use la ribbon!
Windows Ribbon for Vista will be available next year for use within
applications too.
There are lots of different implementations of Ribbons as demonstrated below:
Lets hope it has a wide adoption for windows 7 since apps under Vista is the same we've seen years before.
Nevertheless, both implementations seem to be an improvement, both from an aesthetic point of view, and usability, from the old toolbar/File-Edit-View menus, even if it does take up more screen real-estate.
Thats why you have the option of "hidding" the tab contents until you hover over them.
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