Re: an analog software picker?

Roy Gathercoal wrote:
> (and now for something completely different. . .)
> 
> I don't know what the etiquette over suggestions for bits and pieces is.
> Please forgive if I'm doing something I ought to know better than to do.

This list is somewhat tolerant of OT posts, however for consistent 
deviations, that is what the 'stuff' list is for:

http://wuzzle.org/list/stuff.php

> I'm thinking "pick the software by function" rather than by "program."
> Some people might have a particular app they only use in a highly
> specific setting. Instead of going through menus to try and remember
> what it is called, you could go to the point of the ribbon where that
> stream diverges for that little bit. (Who cares what the program is
> called, anyway?)
> 
> Is this worth thinking about? How should I move forward to see whether
> it could work?

Isn't that essentially the idea Microsoft implemented in their new 
office suite with the "Ribbon" toolbar?

chris


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