On 8/12/2009 9:55:22 PM, pleitch wrote:
>Anyway - I just wanted to say
>that I LIKE these two options:
>1. Right click the ribbon and
>there is a "minimise"
>function. Fantastic -
>althought it would be good if
>the Ribbon dropped down when
>you then click on one of the
>menu items.
The Ribbon in Prime mimicks some of the functionality of the one in Office 2007. So for instance CTRL+F1 will toggle the ribbon.
A useful feature of Office is that if the Ribbon is collapsed you can still access its entries by clicking once on the category and then selecting the required action. The Ribbon then collapses back. That's a must have in my opinion.
>2. Right click on a ribbon
>item and you can "add" to
>quick access toollbar. That's
>the tool bar next to the top
>left logo - along the top of
>the window.
In Office, pressing the Alt key will also display a shortcut number automatically assigned to each button on this quick access toolbar. I'd like to see the same functionality ultimately.
A really useful capability of a Ribbon interface (and partially implemented in Office) is automatic context-switching of the Ribbon: if I click on a table then I'd like the table part of the Ribbon to become active, same for plots, etc.
I'm ambivalent about the Ribbon in Mathcad because there certainly is a convenience to being able to drag a toolbar - say the programming toolbar - right next to a program I'm editing. The new scheme is going to require learning more shortcut keys (old dogs, new tricks, etc) or getting more mileage out my mouse.
In truth, I'm getting used to the Office Ribbon...
Xavier
