Comments on: Office UI Licensing and The Ribbon Widget http://hexapixel.com/2009/03/02/office-ui-licensing-and-the-ribbon-widget Programming, Eclipse, SWT and everything inbetween Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carl Tyler http://hexapixel.com/2009/03/02/office-ui-licensing-and-the-ribbon-widget/comment-page-1#comment-81 Carl Tyler Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:29:44 +0000 http://hexapixel.com/?p=578#comment-81 You shouldn't have to tell Microsoft you are using a ribbon style menu, as something existed before it that looks the same. Tell anyone that asks you are using an IBM eSuite infopanel from 1998... http://www.iminstant.com/iminstant/iminstant.nsf/d6plinks/CTYR-6GEK8X http://www.iminstant.com/iminstant/iminstant.nsf/d6plinks/CTYR-6GGUCY http://www.geniisoft.com/showcase.nsf/archive/20061129-1157 You shouldn’t have to tell Microsoft you are using a ribbon style menu, as something existed before it that looks the same. Tell anyone that asks you are using an IBM eSuite infopanel from 1998…

http://www.iminstant.com/iminstant/iminstant.nsf/d6plinks/CTYR-6GEK8X

http://www.iminstant.com/iminstant/iminstant.nsf/d6plinks/CTYR-6GGUCY

http://www.geniisoft.com/showcase.nsf/archive/20061129-1157

]]> By: Stephan H. Wissel http://hexapixel.com/2009/03/02/office-ui-licensing-and-the-ribbon-widget/comment-page-1#comment-80 Stephan H. Wissel Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:32:12 +0000 http://hexapixel.com/?p=578#comment-80 The M$ ribbon is a (well designed and polished) rip-off of UI research done by Lotus years earlier (the product was called eSuite). I don't think that M$ licence conditions would stand up against scrutiny. Have a look: http://www.geniisoft.com/showcase.nsf/archive/20061129-1157 :-) stw The M$ ribbon is a (well designed and polished) rip-off of UI research done by Lotus years earlier (the product was called eSuite). I don’t think that M$ licence conditions would stand up against scrutiny. Have a look: http://www.geniisoft.com/showcase.nsf/archive/20061129-1157

:-) stw

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