Despite Microsoft's move towards so called ''Ribbon'' based navigation, every other application still relies on menus to provide an easy way for users to navigate around applications. In fact, the jury is still out on whether ''Ribbon'' style interfaces of the type found in Office 2007 are actually easier to use than menus.

Despite Microsoft's move towards so called ''Ribbon'' based navigation, every other application still relies on menus to provide an easy way for users to navigate around a user interface. In fact, the jury is still out on whether ''Ribbon'' style interfaces of the type found in Microsoft Office 2007 are actually easier to use than menus.