Now, that doesn’t really change anything, does it?

You know, I like the ribbon and I think it’s great UI design, at least for certain tasks, but it is very, very ugly. There has to be a better way to put the elements together.

I understand your point but if it's only there 5% of the time then it kind of changes something, right?

I like the idea and it makes sense design-wise (as in the hierarchy of commands from the most used to the not used at all) but after all these years I'm still not sure how I like it. I feel lost even with apps I use all the time (Excel or Word). But it's way better than what they had before ("millions" of buttons).