Today when I walked into the office I was greeted with a request to position the ribbon at the top of the page in our Sharepoint Intranet branding in such a way that it:-
A. Does not obscure the branding B. Does not require any white space below its position in order to function
or ideally:-
C. Disable the ribbon completely from users.
My gut feeling is that A. and B. are not feasible/will cause issues as the ribbon has fixed positioning. E.G. http://www.greggalipeau.com/2011/01/28/a-better-enhanced-sharepoint-2010-floating-ribbon/
I've tried doing some research on option C. and am struggling to find any concrete opinion either way in regards to if removing the ribbon is good or bad. So I am looking for any experiences or guidance on if an intranet Sharepoint implementation without the ribbon control is a good idea or not? what issues should I be aware of? My initial reaction is that it is a bad idea and will cause a plethora of issues.
Thanks in advance for any answers submitted.
Im happy to add any more details if I have left anything out of my question.