> those who want to remember where/how to find things, and hate relying on fuzzy search to surface them.

I'm in this camp, but with a bit of nuance. Fuzzy search tends not to work well for me -- if I can't remember the exact name of the application I want to use (and I often can't), then search is an iffy way to locate it.

But mostly, it's about not liking to switch between using the mouse and using the keyboard. If I'm firing up a program, I'm almost certainly using the mouse at the moment. Switching to keyboard adds a bit of unnecessary disruption.

> Ribbon would have gotten less flak if they hadn't also simultaneously made a mess

My problem with the ribbon is that the contents move around, which means I'm constantly having to search through it for the thing I want to do.