Comment on Why is UI design backsliding?
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 week agoI find it’s weird to see this article, as if they just now discovered the effing ribbon ….
I had given up on more compact UIs and bought bigger screens: I can no longer work without at least 2. However lately I’ve been using a lot of large Excel spreadsheets, and am cursing the ribbon again. I need to use the “filter” control a lot, but it only appears on the “Home” ribbon when the Window is a certain size 😡. I don’t even know where it is the rest of the time, but it seems like whenever I want to filter a lot of data I need to start by adjusting window size until the filter controls appear.
Yay for “usability”, instead of a compact UI where things can be found in predictable menu locations regardless of window size
Donut@leminal.space 1 week ago
You know you can customize the ribbon entirely, right? Make it your own and put your most used features in there
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Then how will I find new features? How will I use other computers? I just want the functionality organized in some predictable way and leave me some place to work in. I want my work to be the focus, not some designer on peyote’s idea of a good time. And I want to be able to do it on any computer I happen to use
Donut@leminal.space 1 week ago
Then customize it. If you’re using Office, it should even be transferred between devices. This is exactly why you can customize it: so you can make your type of work your focus.
I’m not here to defend MS or anything, but I can’t help pointing out the answer right in front of you.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Ah yes, the cloud dependency required to edit a local file, or the added delay of customizing every time I use a different computer