THE VIDEO SHELF · ribbon interface design
MIX08 Microsoft Office 2007: The Story of the Ribbon
A MIX08 session from Microsoft's Office team on how the Office 2007 ribbon was designed. It explains the user-feedback and telemetry behind it and the alternatives that were rejected.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it for its in-depth view of a major UI redesign process driven by user data.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- zoobean
- Topic
- ribbon interface design
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2025
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From the original HN conversations
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There’s a lot of interesting history that I think this comment ignores. The office 2007 project was one of their more heavily feedback-driven initiatives; had they been paying attention the same way for Windows 8, it likely would have looked a lot more like Windows …
nxc18 on Hacker News · 2019-08
In Most software companies ignore user behaviorThere's an old MIX08 video where some guys from MS actually talk through the design process and everything that went into it with a lot of depth as well as looking at alternative ideas and why they didn't work. [VIDEO]
saratogacx on Hacker News · 2024-01
In Golden Rules of Interface Design (2013)
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