Comments on: Scenic Ribbon UI framework to be backported to Vista with “Windows 7 Client Platform Update”

By: Windows Vista’nın yeni yüzü geliyor…

Windows Vista’nın yeni yüzü geliyor… — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:05:08 +0000

[...] kullandığı Ribbon arabirimini Windows Vista’ya uyarlamak istiyor. Microsoft uzmanı Long Zheng‘in yaptığı açıklamaya göre sonbaharda işletim sistemi için uygun bir güncelleme [...]

By: Xiao Hanmin

Xiao Hanmin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:36:52 +0000

I’m Chinese. This is good news! I used Windows 7 RC, and I used Wordpad. It’s nice.

By: Syahrani

Syahrani — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:10:11 +0000

MS won’t release the libraries for XP (for free), but if you’re XP user, then i think you may still get the features on XP by installing Office 2010. Maybe next some future scenic/ribbon-only apps can also take advantage of that if they are “ported” to work on standard XP OS with Office 2010 installed (just like “ink” updates on Office 2000/XP or higher) i.e just using some function import/links. Some devs, maybe?

By: 4ndyman

4ndyman — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:59:07 +0000

I have a number of Ribbon customizations in Excel 2007 and Word 2007. Should I be worried that my current markup will be useless when and if I switch to the Scenic Ribbon?

By: XP LOVER

XP LOVER — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:05:47 +0000

To M$: please port this f**ing ribbon feature to XP as well and make everyone happy! Anyway only three words as always: Long Live XP! The best MS OS ever!

By: Mal

Mal — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:12:32 +0000

More regarding the Windows Vista/7 vs. XP debate,

I use XP at the moment because it is fast, reliable and all I need. When I find that I need it to run the latest apps, then I guess I’ll upgrade.

I have to say that my experiences with Windows Vista have been terrible, but those with Windows 7 have been much more reasonable – looks like MS got something right there .

By: Mag1c Wind0w

Mag1c Wind0w — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:32:42 +0000

I never liked these ribbons, like in Office 2007…

About the debate between Windows XP vs Windows Vista/7, I agree about the fact than Windows XP is very fast, very popular and compatible with everything.
But, this OS is 8 years old…
When did XP will die? Why nobody use Windows 95, for example?
OK, Windows Vista eat LOTS of memory (1 GB isn’t enough…), need a very recent computer, have lots of useless eyes-candy for a professionnal use of the computer (do you need Aero at work?) and isn’t compatible with some softwares and hardwares (like 3D Studio Max 7, for example…)…
But, if all the people continue to use Windows XP, the innovations won’t continue and our computers will stay in 2001 for ever…
I used XP between 2004 to 2007, and I had lots of problems with this OS.
But, since I use Vista, I doesn’t have any problems with it, except a general slowdown of my computer (Vista love eating the RAM!)…
And, don’t worry, Windows 7 doesn’t need an high-end computer to run… Any PC who can run Windows XP very well can run Seven without any problems…

So, we don’t have the choice, we should change…
Long life to Windows 95! (OK, I feed the Trolls… :p )

By: Windows Vista - Interface-Update im Oktober - WinBoard - Die Windows Community

Windows Vista - Interface-Update im Oktober - WinBoard - Die Windows Community — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:54:15 +0000

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By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:30:43 +0000

Ooh, this is good news. Though… it’ll be interesting to see if any developers actually start using this. It would be nice if they did.

By: Microsoft to ‘ribbonize’ Vista with Windows 7 look | KBBS @ TECHBLOG

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:01:34 +0000

[...] first reported by Long Zheng, the blogger who writes the popular istartedsomething.com, Microsoft will provide Vista users an optional update that installs the code necessary to display [...]