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Originally Posted by 13xforever
I know, a lot of people dislike it, but it seems that they hate it on the basis of that "everyone hates it". It's the same story as with Vista.
Now we have Windows 7 (which in reality is simply a tweaked Vista) and suddenly everyone likes it. Now we have Ribbon 2.0 and I think a lot of people will switch their sides too.
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Vista
was indeed heavy on hardware, was bloated, it kept asking for administrator's authorization even for copying files, and had a load of compatibility issues with older software.
Windows 7 is less demanding (I can run Aero on PCs in which Vista refused to), uses less memory and is lighter on the processor, and can run old software that Vista couldn't. And, you can customize the level of security if all those Admin's Alerts annoy you. That's not a "simply a tweaked Vista", in my view.
Now, on with the Ribbon. It's a good idea in concept, but it's not really perfect in implementation. Office's ribbon, in particular, is tailored around the casual, home-pc user: as long as you are a common student writing your school essay, or you are writing an article for your local newspaper, it works fine and makes the most common functions easier to find. But as soon as you need specialized functionalities, or specific yet-not-so-commonly-used macros, you have to hunt them and they won't be where you were used to in older versions of Office.
Also, the Ribbon isn't as customizable as the old menus were: in old Office versions I could design my own buttons bar and delete those that I didn't need, and tailor the whole UI at my own needs. The Ribbon still lacks the same depth of customization.
It speeds up the most common of tasks, but as a side effect it moved the less common functionalities to semi-hidden places.