Windows 7 – Common Ribbon can be hidden

Since I know someone who went to the Microsoft PDC, I got a chance to play with Windows 7… (I should pester another someone who was supposed to get me into the now-rubbish Media Center “Fiji” beta–but forgot to–and see if he could get me into the Windows 7 beta program before it becomes publically available…)

Just as the full-blown ribbon found in Office 2007, the common ribbon (that should be seen across all sorts of applications in the future) will still let you hide the ribbon, should you find it taking too much space for too little reason:

Windows 7 - Ribbon in Paint with quick access showing the 'Minimize the Ribbon' option... useful for gaining screen real estate.

When it’s hidden it works just the same as in Office 2007:

Windows 7 - Paint with Ribbon minimized.

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This is the semi-personal* tech blog of Nathan Hamersley, a left-handed geek on a mission.

I live in northeast Ohio, just outside of the Akron/Canton region. I love to discuss technology and share my passion for Microsoft (you could call me a fanboy) and technology.

I am a firm believer of the power and potential of mobile devices like Tablet PC and Origami/UMPC. I've grown more fond of the idea of Netbooks ruling the world, and I eagerly await Windows 7 to bring new (and proper) life to that category of machine. I claim to actually know how to use a computer, and since I grew up using computers and I've been programming since I was 9, I'd say that consuming grains of salt with those claims need not be required.

I specifically enjoy drinking a healthy amount of coffee every day, I admire aviation and would love to get my private pilot's license some day, I use dot-dot-dots way too often (...) and I would use the (‽) interrobang symbol if it were practical. I've been studying the Korean language since early 2004 and thus pretend to actually know what I'm reading or hearing when exposed to that language, I'm a Christian, I have conservative views (less is more, you know), and I sometimes stare mindlessly at objects - in all honesty: who doesn't?

I'm sure there's plenty more weirdness to be told... and I'm sure I've made a spelling mistake or two in the paragraphs above.

* I say semi-personal because I don't fully blog my mind - I stick to the tech stuff here. Eventually I'll get my own domain and hosting and I'll speak more freely there.

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