[IxDA Discuss] Microsoft's Ribbon?

[Mark Bardsley]

I have been following this discussion for some time now - well, since I
guess it started. I have to ask, don't 'we experts' use keyboard
shortcuts for things like save, print, copy, cut, paste and undo
(ctrl+z)? I know that doesn't get to the heart of the matter, that it's
difficult to find the butcons in the Ribbon. But I had the general sense
that "expert" users used keyboard shortcuts. Am I wrong in that
assumption? I am of the near religious conviction that learning keyboard
shortcuts saves time and reduces RSS. (Ahem), not that I would ever tell
a user he/she was using the software wrong.

- Mark Bardsley


>Undo. Arguable one of the most important commands in any well designed
>application. There was no ribbon for Edit, and there is no Edit Menu.

>Hunt, scratch - search - pullout hair - and Hey! There it is.... a tiny
>little left swooshing arrow that is on the edge of the modal window -
>unlabeled - I had to mouse over every icon to find it - and it so
clearly
>violates Fitt's Law that I am left crying. It's tiny. That means hard
to
>find, and acquire. It's also right on the edge of the window - which
mean's
>that for someone without the fine motor skills of catwoman - they are
>likely to change focus to the window behind.