menus vs MS's RIBBON approach

2011-08-16 Thread Kevin Callahan
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 scr

Re: menus vs MS's RIBBON approach

2011-08-16 Thread objectwerks inc
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

Re: menus vs MS's RIBBON approach

2011-08-18 Thread John Musbach
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:45 AM, objectwerks inc 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

Re: menus vs MS's RIBBON approach

2011-08-18 Thread Kevin Callahan
On Aug 18, 2011, at 6:02 PM, John Musbach wrote: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:45 AM, objectwerks inc > 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

Re: menus vs MS's RIBBON approach

2011-08-18 Thread Kevin Callahan
On Aug 18, 2011, at 6:07 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: > > On Aug 18, 2011, at 6:05 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: > >> >> On Aug 18, 2011, at 6:02 PM, John Musbach wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:45 AM, objectwerks inc >>> wrote: On Aug 16, 2011, at 10:04 PM, Kevin Callahan wrot

Re: menus vs MS's RIBBON approach

2011-08-21 Thread Michael_google gmail_Gersten
My view on the ribbons vs menus is pretty simple: 1. I can read English. It's standard. 2. Everyone has different iconography. I cannot read that. As long as I can pull down menus with one key, and then move across the menu bar with another, I can read all the actions very, very quickly. This is

Re: menus vs MS's RIBBON approach

2011-08-21 Thread Kevin Callahan
On Aug 21, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote: > My view on the ribbons vs menus is pretty simple: > 1. I can read English. It's standard. > 2. Everyone has different iconography. I cannot read that. > > As long as I can pull down menus with one key, and then move across > the

Re: menus vs MS's RIBBON approach

2011-08-21 Thread Macs R We
On Aug 21, 2011, at 2:08 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: > Instead, there's a custom window for handling files - you then have to choose > Export, then select an export format/type, then click the export button - > name the file etc > then go find the file in the Finder .. then use Services (I do) to

Re: menus vs MS's RIBBON approach

2011-08-21 Thread Ashley Aitken
On 22/08/2011, at 8:32 AM, Macs R We wrote: > > On Aug 21, 2011, at 2:08 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: > >> Instead, there's a custom window for handling files - you then have to >> choose Export, then select an export format/type, then click the export >> button - name the file etc >> then go fi