The ASPx Blog - Mehul Harry's DevExpress Blog

Looks to me like a ribbon is a major unnecessary space waster on that form :-)

I often wonder why is everybody jumping on the (Office like) ribbon wagon. Ribbon UI is clumsy if it

miha, no offense but i think you should show what you've got

Miha, I think you should show what you've got

I'm not trying to pick on anyone's product, but I think Miha is right. The balance between toolbar and content does not match on that screen. Screen layout "Balance" is very important. I think one of the best and most balanced (space, color, fonts and etc) layout that I come across, are DX applications and samples.

The advantage of the Ribbon is that it can grow in options and stay with the same side, I think if you are making an scalable application in options the Ribbon is the way to go.

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@Rollie Claro: I would preffer normal stuff, like toolbar in this case. And I didn't critizie the entire product - just the design of that form and the fact that everybody wants to use ribbon at all costs. Even more so because this isn't the only application misusing ribbon.

@Ramsees: Still I don't see huge benefit there. Scalability can be achieved through toolbars, too, and I doubt that this particular form will get 10000 new options.

Come on Guys - Im going to allow these comments to stand a few more days, but they will be deleted. This is the exact reason people worry about publishing screenshots. Franklly, I hate the fact that people worry about giving us case studies for fear of criticism.

We all have our own perspective on a good UI and what floats my boat does not float yours. If you have me sitting in front of you and are willing to listen to my rebuttal to your opinion, then critique me...but when Im not around, dont critique me because other than hearing your own opinion, what possible benefit is it to you? Moral of the story, if you have a recommendation, do it privately and comment publicly only when you know the appropriate individual can follow up or at the very least, read your thoughts.

The layout does not seem to have any problem.

But the user should not be forced to use the Ribbon interface. there should be flexibility of selection as to which kind of UI the user wants to use.