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Wave 4: Live Writer To Get The Ribbon Interface?

Things have been very quiet in most of the Windows Live products since Wave 3 got released, but the one product who’s silence seems to bring concern about its future is Live Writer. This hasn’t been helped by some key members of the team leaving. So what is the future of Live Writer? Well, I shouldn’t worry. I spotted a tweet that shows that Writer is moving forward and aligning itself with the rest of the Windows Live (and Microsoft) way of using the ribbon style interface. It seems like an over-zealous Softie has blown the cover on it.

So what would this look like for Writer? Well, our friend PicturePan2 over at LiveSino has done a very good mock up of what Writer will quite possibly look like:

windows-live-writer-wave4-livesino

(Remember, this is a mock up, the real thing will look different from this.)

I will be interested to see what options appear in the ribbon, as well as what else has changed. So what do you guys think to Writer getting the ribbon treatment?

Thanks to @manan for the headsup.

SL

Comments

Mephiles wrote re: Wave 4: Live Writer To Get The Ribbon Interface?
on Wed, Sep 16 2009 10:14 AM

Great. I'll mention it in the Windows Live Taskforce.

technogranny wrote re: Wave 4: Live Writer To Get The Ribbon Interface?
on Wed, Sep 16 2009 12:17 PM

Hey! My wishes do come true! I blogged about this here gadgetgran.spaces.live.com/.../cns!2418D1CD90C52C20!4676.entry its been one of my big wishes! Premonition or what! Mind you it makes sense. Its always amazes me the amount of users who use Writer to blog with but don't get to grips with just what it can do. This use of the ribbon interface will simplify its usability.

I'd use it with Photo Gallery and Live Mail as well as a matter of fact.

technogranny wrote re: Wave 4: Live Writer To Get The Ribbon Interface?
on Wed, Sep 16 2009 1:33 PM

That comment should show this URL gadgetgran.spaces.live.com/.../cns!2418D1CD90C52C20!4676.entry Sorry!

google_man wrote re: Wave 4: Live Writer To Get The Ribbon Interface?
on Thu, Sep 17 2009 8:02 PM

It's crap.  The ribbon is a big turd to productivity in some programs, so I hope they don't screw it up by not giving us an option like office.

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