The MSN toolbar is sleek, has a nice look and some neat features, such as the "Flip" button, but overall it's rather ho-hum. On the homepage for the MSN toolbar download, the Web site explicitly ...

Q I’ve just switched from Office 2003 to Office 2007, and although it’s clearly more powerful, I’m not enamored with the Ribbon. I waste loads of time in frustrating searches through its scattered ...

Before Office 2007, Microsoft Word's buttons were arranged in a series of toolbars. In Office 2007, controls now appear in a ribbon on the top of the window, and the program now uses a single toolbar: ...

Just hours after an early build of Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system leaked we’re starting to get a good idea of how the latest version of Windows is shaping up. Intrepid users have already ...

When Microsoft introduced the new “ribbon” navigation for Office 2007, I was grateful that it hadn’t named it the Office rope, or noose, or anything that might have given my users some creative ideas.

Next up is the simple fact that I think Microsoft has failed to fix the problem of having an overly complicated toolbar layout. If you actually stop and look at the Home tab of the Ribbon in Word it ...

When Microsoft first revealed that the Explorer file manager would be outfitted with a ribbon-style toolbar in Windows 8, responses were loud, passionate, and frequently negative. The company recently ...

The lead user interface designer for Office 2011 for the Mac touted the software’s new Ribbon interface today in a video MIcrosoft released to pump up enthusiasm the upcoming suite. “The Office for ...

Microsoft plans to backport a “ribbon” user interface feature it introduced in Windows 7 to Windows Vista, according to the company’s developer Web site. On the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN), ...

One of the most significant and controversial changes to Microsoft’s Office productivity suite was the introduction of the Office ribbon that was first seen in Office 2007. Microsoft designed the ...