Last week I presented to the Revit User Group Auckland about "ribbonisation". It was a background to the development of the Fluent User Interface, otherwise known as "the ribbon", based on several presentations I have seen over the years. I suspect it was possibly the only presentation ever given to a Revit User Group with more Microsoft Office and AutoCAD content than Revit!
All the content was drawn from public sources, mostly blogs and presentations. I had permission to use it for the presentation and can share those sources here. If you're interested in User Experience/Interface development there is plenty of reading/viewing to satisfy your curiosity. If you haven't seen Jensen Harris' "The story of the ribbon" Video & PowerPoint it's an excellent place to start. For Revit specific content look at the Autodesk "The factory" and "Dux" blogs.
Microsoft Public Blogs:
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The story of the ribbon - This post links to PowerPoint and Video of Jensen's Mix Fluent UX Presentation. It's a comprehensive and fascinating look at the evolution of the Office User Experience.
Autodesk User Experience Public Blogs:
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Autodesk blog Index (by product/team) - blogs.autodesk.com
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Autodesk User Experience Team Blog with posts from many platform teams
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The Revit Factory Blog with lots of comment on the new Revit UX
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Autodesk Labs Blog – Technology Previews for existing and new applications/services. It's where the Inventor Ribbon was shared for trial/evaluation.
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Other resources shown:
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Autodesk Labs Project Dragonfly Web based AEC design
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Revit 2009 to 2010 Command Guide - revitize.blogspot.com - Link to post with on-line and download versions
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Inventor Ribbon White Paper from IMAGINiT Technologies whitepaper posted to forums.augi.com/Inventor
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Matt Lombard on Solid Works 2008 Ribbon - www.dezignstuff.com
