Microsoft has spoken about the Office-esque ribbon interface, that it's adopting in Windows 8. Moving on from its efforts with copy jobs, the company expresses that it has approached the task of revamping the Windows Explorer interface, in response to the knowing that many a power-user has moved on to using add-ons, or other Explorer alternatives.
Telemetry data that the company has obtained from Windows 7 usage, dictates that the top ten Explorer commands cover tasks ranging from copying and pasting, to creating, renaming and deleting files. This has provided enough inspiration to focus on three core areas of improvement, for the new Windows Explorer interface.
Having explored the different options, it has been concluded that adopting the ribbon will deliver an Explorer interface that is optimised for file management tasks, puts frequently used commands in an intuitive and easy-to-find location and, above all, brings back many requested features from the Windows XP era - thereby respecting Explorer's heritage.
