Ribbon Coming to Windows 7?

March 24, 2008

As you may know the team that created the Ribbon in Office 2007 is now working on Windows 7, which obviously has people wondering if the Ribbon will make it into Windows 7. And it now appears that Microsoft is looking for someone to make this possible from a recent job posting.

Come lead the effort to update the Windows 7 platform with the latest advancements in User Interface design. Bring the Ribbon, Jewel, and other new UI concepts to the Windows platform and work with internal partners and ISVs to update their applications to utilize these hot new UI technologies.
Our mission is to enable the next generation of user interface development on the Windows platform. We will be determining the new Windows user interface guidelines and building a platform that supports it. We’ll eliminate much of the drudgery of Win32 UI development and enable rich, graphical, animated user interface by using markup based UI and a small, high performance, native code runtime.
The UI Platform Team is looking for a senior technical leader to help drive the design and implementation of the new UI framework. Come join our startup team and help us grow it into a powerhouse focused on delivering solutions that developers will love. We offer an environment where you can channel your creativity towards software innovation, work with world-class software professionals and hone your professional skills to grow your career.

Microsoft seems to be ditching the old Win32 UI Framework that has been present since Windows 95 for a new lightweight and high performance markup-based UI framework to build “rich, graphics and animated user interfaces”. The Ribbon being part of this new Framework.

Source: istartedsomething