One of the PDC2008 presentations showed off the new VS2010 UI (not the same as the current beta) that was built with WPF. Some of the new code effects looked fairly nice (comment xml parsed and styled within the code editor).
It got me wondering if Microsoft would ever change the VS UI to the Ribbon; like Office, the change could possibly be forced with no ‘classic’ mode.
Would you embrace such a change?
From what I gather
Advanced programmers: minor change, hot keys are the same.
Intermediate/Beginner programmers: considerable change, every button has moved!
New programmers: Context sensitive ribbons help emphasize what they may do and where.
It all depends on how it would be implemented.
It could be a good thing, but just in case I would like it to be optional:)