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UI Inconsistency in Wordpad

Submitted by joetheplumber on November 3, 2008 to Aesthetics, Legacy

Ruler in wordpad is ugly and old, and doesn't fit in with the rest of the ribbon. Also, the gray and the white don't change along with the controls so it's confusing for the user.

Make the ruler fit in with the rest of the UI.

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Discussion (19 comments)

Jalaj wrote on November 3, 2008, 11:15am

just throw in the office ruler

mdta wrote on November 3, 2008, 7:51pm

RibbonRuler is needed, and the dark grey replaced with a RibbonBackPanel, so it all remains consistent.

Antonio wrote on November 3, 2008, 8:02pm

What about the status bar in wordpad and paint? The live-mail one is better.

sushovande wrote on November 4, 2008, 12:13am

What do you mean "ugly and old"? Can you make a quick screencap of what you want?

.Chris wrote on November 4, 2008, 7:14am

@ sushovande just look at the screenshot he provided. see the ruler. Its old, and ugly, doesnt match the program at all.

BraedenP wrote on November 4, 2008, 3:08pm

I agree. The ruler in paint is quite ugly too. Something like Word07's ruler would be much nicer.

Then again, this is a small app that is just used for basic stuff anyway. I don't want MS concentrating their efforts on a tiny utility.

tux. wrote on November 21, 2008, 5:36pm

I wonder why they actually implemented the ribbons; Wordpad is intended to be a lightweight RTF editor, I thought?
So why all these "comfort" functions (wasting screen space)?

.Chris wrote on November 21, 2008, 8:06pm

may be because its still in the early stages?

Anders Lund wrote on January 15, 2009, 10:37pm

It looks better in Windows 7 beta, than the screenshot on this page.

I think it has been fixed.

icecone wrote on January 17, 2009, 7:52pm

It has been fixed!

.Chris wrote on January 17, 2009, 8:29pm

Still the same in 7000

CyberDragon wrote on January 30, 2009, 11:52am

Looks changed to me in 7000

http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wprulerld0.png

.Chris wrote on January 30, 2009, 3:08pm

a little, but the ruler is still out of place

litemininyuszika wrote on January 31, 2009, 9:33am

+1!
Yes, and I forgot why I voted this down in the past! Sorry!

sushovande wrote on February 1, 2009, 5:32pm

Mark as fixed?

.Chris wrote on February 1, 2009, 5:42pm

NO.

its NOT fixed. these people are on something

lightMC wrote on February 21, 2009, 6:37pm

it's better on 7022 but the "pins" still use the old style

.Chris wrote on February 21, 2009, 7:01pm

so they fix one part, but not the other. are they messed up

TGW wrote on January 28, 2010, 4:42pm

They improved it a little bit but still not looking right.

Comment edited on January 28, 2010, 4:48pm

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