As much as I'm against software patents, I do love the idea of companies like Microsoft using them on GUIs.
Bad GUI design will eventually literally be against the law.
Bad GUI design will eventually literally be against the law.
> implies Ribbon is "good UI"
o_O
I'm not saying traditional menus are the end-all-be-all of GUIs, but from there to assuming the ribbon is "good" there is quite a jump. I personally find it very difficult to locate anything on Ribbon bars.
Edit: hey, HN banning emojis?
What they actually meant: Ribbons are bad UI, so if Microsoft hold a patent covering them and enforce it aggressively then (one variety of) bad UI will be unavailable or at least expensive.
(Incidentally, I did not downvote your comment; I am guessing at the reasons others likely had.)
Where was that implied?