>>I adivse against this. Your application will work differently than almost all other Windows applications. It really distracts the user from using the application and make it more difficult to learn and use.
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>Hmmm, Office 2005 (2007 and now 2010) changed the entire UI from the traditional menu to the ribbon. Generally people did not like it as they could not find functions that they used to do. I still have problems finding some things. Now a lot of applications are trying to mimic the same ribbon type interface. So from what you said above, M$ should not have changed the UI but they did and the sales keep going...

I hate the ribbon!!! HATEEEEE!!!!