'Because it's there', as the late George Mallory allegedly quoted. Users learn usable Excel applications faster and rely less on developers for support. Intuitive and dynamic Ribbon tabs are easier to maintain and require less documentation. The Ribbon Commander framework aims to simplify and extend Office Ribbon UI development.
However, the ability of Excel users to consume all this capacity hasn't kept pace.Ĭustom Excel applications need to evolve to help focus our attention to the right things at the right time, so we are able to achieve our business intelligence objectives. The amount of data that can be tackled in Excel 2013 using 64-bit Office, PowerPivots, PowerView etc is unprecedented.
Undeniably, technological innovation has increased exponentially over the last years.