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Scenic Ribbon: It’s the Microsoft Office 2007 feature people just love to hate. Whether they use the suite regularly or have just seen the screen shots, everyone has an opinion about what is one of ...

Microsoft this week described further some file management changes to come in Windows 8, its next client operating system. The main bombshell appears to be that Windows Explorer, Microsoft's file ...

I was reading the second installment in Paul Thurrott's review of Office 2007 and the following three paragraphs really jumped out at me. I usually don't quote so extensively from someone else's ...

Update 2: A pre-release Windows 8 build leaked late last week, which shows Microsoft moving steadily towards the beta milestone. The build unveils Microsoft’s ideas of using the Office Ribbon UI in ...

We have good news and bad news. First, the bad: the ribbon UI is coming to Windows 8 Explorer. Read on for the good news! Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

The Office Fluent UI changes the desktop paradigm -- and opinion is mixed as to whether that's a good thing Microsoft’s Office 2007, and to a lesser extent Vista, is bringing a radical change to the ...

An ongoing rivalry between Microsoft Office and the open-source alternative LibreOffice remains heated, with arguably no clear winner. Many lean toward Office, even if only in part, for its ribbon UI, ...