On Aug 18, 2011, at 6:02 PM, John Musbach wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:45 AM, objectwerks inc <c...@objectwerks.com> 
> wrote:
>> 
>> On Aug 16, 2011, at 10:04 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>> 
>>> I just upgraded to Sibelius 7.
>>> They revamped their entire UI.
>>> Eliminated all the drop-down menus and replaced everything with the MS 
>>> "ribbon" approach.
>>> 
>>> I can't find anything.
>>> I spend way too much time navigating and clicking the ribbon to get 
>>> anything done.
>>> My eyes are jumping all across the screen looking at text and icons and 
>>> additional drop-downs and panels.
>>> 
>>> Is this just my lack of experience with MS's "better way" ?
>>> or is my beef justified?
>>> 
>>> I really can't stand the ribbon way, but I am willing to believe it's my 
>>> inexperience, possibly.
>> 
>> 
>> It may just be me, but the same thing happens to me when I use apps that use 
>> that approach.  (I don't use Sibelius though I wish I had the skill and need 
>> to ;-) )
> 
> I agree, I too find the ribbon to be much less efficient then menus.

and with menus, I could set keyboard shortcuts via the System Prefs on an app, 
even if the app didn't support it 

I don't see support for defining keyboard shortcuts for these ribbon actions 
thus far -

I'm looking, though :-(


> 
> 
> -- 
> Best Regards,
> 
> John Musbach
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