Early build screenshots have been leaked from Microsoft’s Windows 8 development process, which suggest that the company is looking at including a ribbon interface in its new OS release. If Microsoft ...

Microsoft is working hard on its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, and will be sharing pre-release builds in time for its BUILD conference. In a bit to strike up more public interest, the Windows 8 ...

From the "truth is stranger than fiction" desk (via Slashdot), the OpenOffice.org camp is showing off a prototype of its rival desktop productivity suite that has a very Microsoft-Office-like ...

Leaked screen show the infamous ribbon interface in Windows Explorer, prompted users to ask that they at least get a choice Three years have passed since Microsoft first introduced the ribbon menu ...

Microsoft is toying with the idea of a refreshed user interface for its next major operating system, Windows 8. Pre-beta screenshots of Microsoft's software have surfaced on the web, showing one of ...

With the 2010 beta, Outlook now fully adopts the ribbon interface found in the rest of the Microsoft Office suite. The Conversation View in Outlook 2010 boosts the ability to view full e-mail threads ...

When it comes to Windows, there is nothing I love more than Microsoft’s infamous Ribbon interface—and nothing I hate more. Using it in Microsoft Office is great, but adding Ribbon to Windows 8’s file ...

Windows only: Lots of folks rave about Microsoft Office 2007's ribbon interface, but now you can have it for free in Microsoft Word's younger sibling, WordPad. A developer over at deviantART—not ...

The Office Fluent UI changes the desktop paradigm -- and opinion is mixed as to whether that's a good thing Microsoft’s Office 2007, and to a lesser extent Vista, is bringing a radical change to the ...

Microsoft plans to backport a “ribbon” user interface feature it introduced in Windows 7 to Windows Vista, according to the company’s developer Web site. On the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN), ...

Photos taken from pre-beta builds of Windows 8 sent to various Microsoft partners show greater use of the ribbon interface, a new welcome screen, and a few other surprises. Lance Whitney is a ...