Supporting Katie's words about Vista, I think its ridiculous to even look for Microsoft as an Idol of usability. The real professionals in my opinion are Apple. I am a Mac fan and I admire Mac OS-X menus and toolbars. If you didn't have this great experience, Apple goes for large "meaningful" icons that are "clearly labeled". The toolbars also have extensive customization and thorough design of the default options shown.
For Office 2007, Microsoft was "just" thinking of novice, new users and if you are an experienced user, then get lost. You won't imagine that I spent really considerable time to figure out where is the File menu. Of course, if you will be launching an application late enough to keep some time for Microsoft to mind program the world then this would be Ok if not then please don't torture more people. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=23403 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
