Steve Schapel
miscellany at mvps.org
Sun Jun 28 22:36:08 CDT 2009
John, -------------------------------------------------- From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 2:25 PM > I ask you why the programmer interface has to be screwed around. I can > hear the crickets... but I > don't hear you (or Microsoft). Obviously I am not in a position to speak for Microsoft. Regarding the reasons of the Access dev team to introduce the ribbon, you and I are in the same boat... you can surmise, and I can surmise. However, I gave my opinion 15 months ago http://blog.datamanagementsolutions.biz/2008/03/office-2007-ribbon-saga.html regarding the chances of this decision being reversed, and my opinion hasn't changed much since then. In that article, I referred to a video about the process of creating the ribbon, and that can be seen at http://msstudios.vo.llnwd.net/o21/mix08/08_WMVs/UX09.wmv so please feel free to check it out for at least part of Microsoft's answer. Of course, we could argue until we're blue in the face about Access isn't in the same category as the other Office products, and thus needs different treatment. But that wouldn't alter the fact that, as William pointed out, the ribbon will be significantly improved in Access 2010, as well as ribbon interface being included in some of the other Office products that missed out last time. -- Regards Steve __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4194 (20090628) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com