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From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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> What's the status of the law on "look and feel" type lawsuits??  If
> Microsoft tries to sue for someone not licensing from them and putting out
> their own ribbon interface do they have a legal leg to stand on??  Anyone
> know?

I don't know for sure, but I think that since the ribbon stuff is supposed to
be so common in all windows apps, that if they start bullying companies for
developing look-alikes there will be simply no end to it. Many developers have
done their own menu systems as well, which is basically the same thing.


> What's so great about the ribbon?

Nothing. Except it looks cool in brochures.


> It just looks like it takes up a whole  lot of screen real estate with a
> bunch of icons in rows?  Am I wrong?

That's exactly it - a new, more space wasting toolbar which changes all the
time so you'll never be able to find that one tool you once found and now need
again.


> What does the big round application button do?

Who knows. Maybe it's a self-destruct or something like that.


Antti Kurenniemi

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