…. or maybe Knots

An interesting little article on the up and coming ribbonification of the Win 8 Explorer

Windows 8 Explorer Ribbonification

Especially in comparison to the pending adoption of the HUD interface by Canonical

Ubuntu HUD (ooo look, a linux article on the beeb)

Interestingly these developments seem to fly in the face of the prevailing assumption that in the future we’ll all be pokeing our fondleslabs, as neither interface seems to be particularly touch friendly.

My own takes is that adding the ribbon to explorer seems a fairly pointless change, esp as it is going to be hidden most of the time. It takes up too much screen real estate on a desk top, yet too little for touch interfaces. And it doesn’t help explorer “power users” (if there is such a thing) much, as they are more likely to use the the CLI anyway….