Expect Office 2007's 'ribbon' Ui To Permeate Windows 7 Apps,

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Expect Office 2007's 'Ribbon' UI to permeate Windows 7 apps, Microsoft says

Ribbon will also be used in Windows 7 apps, Nash says

January 9, 2009 (Computerworld)

"The controversial "Ribbon" user interface that Microsoft Corp. introduced in Office 2007 is being used for some of Windows 7's built-in applications, such as WordPad and Paint.

According to Mike Nash, corporate vice president of Windows product management, the Ribbon will be adopted for many other Windows 7 applications from Microsoft as well as third-party vendors.

"This is one of the things we think will differentiate apps written for Windows 7, as opposed to those for earlier versions of Windows," Nash said in an interview today, as the company released the Windows 7 beta for public download.

Microsoft's site was overrun early today by would-be downloaders eager to get their hands on the operating system, which Microsoft maintains will ship in early 2010, despite evidence that it will arrive before that. Site traffic was so heavy that the company later postponed the rollout, but did not specify a new date. "

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