Cole Joplin wrote:
I want to respectfully challenge some of the statements and
characterizations I've been reading.
We have some PowerPoint plugin apps that insert into the 2007 ribbon.
All our PPT 2007 customers hate the ribbon with a passion. They all
say the exact same thing, they can't find anything. The PPT 2003
customers never call customer service on this issue. Isn't that odd?
Microsoft's research has not exactly been on point on a lot of things
these days, IMO.
It is most likely due to the massive interface change between 2003 and
2007. I understood that the "research" showed that this approach was
more approachable and easier for beginners.
I also noticed in another thread, Scott Barnes noting Microsoft's
efforts in h.264 standards. Remember HD-DVD versus Blu-ray? That was
VC-1 versus h.264. Silverlight is now going to support h.264 in the
future. Market demanded support is technically support, yes. But the
adoption of h.264 over VC-1 was clearly not intended or desired by
Microsoft. Mentioning IE and standards compliance is quite lively in
the webmaster groups. Not in a good way.
There was another great post in this discussion on standards and
Flash. I think it could apply here too.
More importantly, I have a concern. There is plenty of room in RIA and
Microsoft-oriented forums and groups to make their case. I'm even fine
with some open debate in Flexcoders. What I don't want to see is
Microsoft's Rich Platforms Product Manager, let alone other
Microsofties, spamming our Flex group with spin on thread after thread
after thread.
Given the traffic on this list, I hardly think that the 2-3 on-topic
posts I've seen from Scott in the past week classify as spam.
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