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[fixed] The Scenic Ribbons don't remember their states

Submitted by tino on November 6, 2008 to Usability

By double clicking a tab on the new Ribbon UI you can collapse it. While the Office 2007 apps do remember the state of the Ribbon after closing and re-opening an app, Wordpad's and Paint's Ribbon do not remember how you have left it.

This may be an issue for pro-users who want the Wordpad Ribbon always be closed.

Should work like in Office 2007.

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Discussion (5 comments)

tino wrote on November 6, 2008, 8:05pm

Changed title from [The Scenic Ribbons don't remember its states] to [The Scenic Ribbons don't remember their states].

.Chris wrote on November 6, 2008, 8:16pm

dont understand why they cant use the same code. but rather make things harder for the users and more confusing with out the orb

tino wrote on November 7, 2008, 7:42pm

Changed solution description.

ihavenomouth wrote on November 13, 2008, 11:18pm

I think that Microsoft did that because that way it will fell much better and comfortable to use office. Microsoft keep paint and wordpad as much simple as they can in order to push users to buy office. If Wordpad were something like Abiword, who'd buy Word?

tino wrote on November 28, 2008, 2:26am

@ihavenomouth: A program should respect the decisions made by an user. No mater if it is part of the OS or an other suite.

Cuppa wrote on February 9, 2009, 12:56pm

Seems to be fixed in Build 7000.

tino wrote on February 20, 2009, 6:11pm

At least this is fixed in 7022.

tino wrote on February 20, 2009, 9:07pm

Changed title from [The Scenic Ribbons don't remember their states] to [[fixed] The Scenic Ribbons don't remember their states].

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