It's more visual appeal than anything. I guess the screen looks more organized and "beautiful"..
Believe it or not, I did read that somewhere in a tech article when the ribbons showed up. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Lee Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 8:19 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Speaking of Office 2010? the ribbon menus is suppose to add more security however they are suppose to accomplish that. I dislike the ribbon interface as well. I think microsoft is seeing how complex they can get. the ribbon interface is basically for power users. not all of us are power users. I'm probably wrong with my assumption but it is what I think -----Original Message----- From: Carolyn Arnold Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 7:41 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Speaking of Office 2010? Where in the world did Office 2010 and other newer programs come up with this ribbon idea? It makes no sense to me. I just got some directions, keep them handy and follow them. I guess it makes sense to somebody. "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're probably right." Henry Ford. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny McHugh" <lennymch...@comcast.net> To: "JFW List" <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 10:40 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] another marathon session with Microsoft > This was quite interesting. For two days there was a critical security > update for MS office 2010 that would fail every time. Finally I called the > accessibility support team. After two attempts they started running some > diagnostic and clean up tools. One of the first questions asked was if I > ever ran any registry cleaners. When I told him no he was glad to hear > that. > Then he tried it again and it failed. He then wanted to uninstall office > 2010 and had quite a few problems. He ran some fix it tools and finally > was > able to uninstall it. We reinstalled and it took a long time to apply 39 > critical updates. Every thing there is now working fine. As soon as it was > completed I created a restore point and started a system backup. We were > on > the phone for almost 2 hours. > > > --- > > Please visit my web page > > It’s motivational, inspirational with a touch of humor > > There is also a very extensive resource list for the blind > > http://www.LennyMcHugh.com > > International Brotherhood of Magicians member #43990R > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
