The Ribbon Process in Four Minutes

Designing and implementing this overhaul of the user interface required a considerable amount of research, data analysis, interaction design, and visual design. I put together a four minute video that was presented to the senior Autodesk executive staff last month. It briefly describes some of the design methods that we used while integrating the ribbon into the three Revit products. This video highlights a few themes that will persist through our blogging on the topic:

• Using data to make design decisions
• Developing prototypes and iteratively testing them with customers
• Leveraging design patterns to create flexible and extensible designs