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Ribbon interface
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2011–2025), in 5 threads.
People raised many different problems with Ribbon interface, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 5 complaints
- Commenter finds ribbon-style interfaces hard to work with2025-12-08
- Functions are hard to find because the ribbon must be scanned in two dimensions2020-07-11
- Ribbon UIs differ across apps, breaking learned muscle memory and reducing productivity2020-02-18
- Cluttered toolbar with redundant labels and overused icons makes it hard to find needed commands2012-06-18
- Cramped busy Ribbon makes commands hard to find, staring for minutes2011-04-03