> I never understood the issue with the ribbon UI. Epecially for Office it was great, so much easier to find stuff.

1. I don't need to find stuff.

I knew where stuff is.

2. I read text. I only need menus. I don't need toolbars etc. and so I turn them all off.

I cannot read icons. I have to guess. It's like searching for 3 things I need in an unfamiliar supermarket.

3. Menus are very space efficient.

Ribbons hog precious vertical space. This is doubly disastrous on widescreens.

4. I am a keyboard user.

I use keys to navigate menus. It's much faster than aiming at targets with the mouse and I don't need to look. The navigation keys don't work any more.

Ribbons help those who don't know what they are doing and do not care about speed and efficiency.

They punish experts who do know, don't search, don't hunt, and customise themselves and their apps for speed and efficient use of time and screen space.