Early build screenshots have been leaked from Microsoft’s Windows 8 development process, which suggest that the company is looking at including a ribbon interface in its new OS release. If Microsoft ...

Microsoft is working hard on its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, and will be sharing pre-release builds in time for its BUILD conference. In a bit to strike up more public interest, the Windows 8 ...

From the "truth is stranger than fiction" desk (via Slashdot), the OpenOffice.org camp is showing off a prototype of its rival desktop productivity suite that has a very Microsoft-Office-like ...

Leaked screen show the infamous ribbon interface in Windows Explorer, prompted users to ask that they at least get a choice Three years have passed since Microsoft first introduced the ribbon menu ...

Ilana Smith, one of Microsoft’s engineering system lead program managers, has posted an article on MSDN explaining some of tweaks that the company has made in Windows Explorer for the upcoming Windows ...

When it comes to Windows, there is nothing I love more than Microsoft’s infamous Ribbon interface—and nothing I hate more. Using it in Microsoft Office is great, but adding Ribbon to Windows 8’s file ...

Windows only: Lots of folks rave about Microsoft Office 2007's ribbon interface, but now you can have it for free in Microsoft Word's younger sibling, WordPad. A developer over at deviantART—not ...

Four years after its debut, the “ribbon” interface in Microsoft’s Office suite still gives businesses the shudders, a research firm said today. The interface first appeared in Office 2007 to catcalls ...

The Office Fluent UI changes the desktop paradigm -- and opinion is mixed as to whether that's a good thing Microsoft’s Office 2007, and to a lesser extent Vista, is bringing a radical change to the ...

Google Summer of Code participant Laurent Debacker spent this summer implementing a nifty set of GTK# widgets that can be used to create Linux applications with interface elements that resemble the ...

Microsoft plans to backport a “ribbon” user interface feature it introduced in Windows 7 to Windows Vista, according to the company’s developer Web site. On the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN), ...

Photos taken from pre-beta builds of Windows 8 sent to various Microsoft partners show greater use of the ribbon interface, a new welcome screen, and a few other surprises. Lance Whitney is a ...