What elements of the MS Office UI could be emulated? Which elements should be avoided? Where are there opportunities to improve?
Thoughts? On Jul 21, 2012, at 5:22 AM, "Dennis E. Hamilton" <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> wrote: > People who are curious about the Office 2013/365 UI can check out the > SkyDrive Web Apps preview that is now online, > > <http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-updated-office-web-apps-whats-new-7000001314/> > <https://skydrive.live.com/?officebeta=1> > > You'll need a Windows Live ID if you don't have one already. It should work > from most browsers, including Chrome and FireFox, as well as IE. I just > confirmed that it works with IE8 on Windows XP, not just IE9 on Windows 7. I > also got the same results in Chrome on Zorin Core (a Ubuntu derivative) x64 > in Oracle VirtualBox. I didn't manage it on my WindowsPhone 7 though. > > I stumbled on this yesterday and I noticed three things in looking closer > today: > > 1. The UI is much like that in the desktop versions of the Office Preview > (and it is easy to collapse the Ribbon for those who don't like it, > especially when just viewing). > > 2. In addition to SkyDrive storing ODT, ODP, and ODS format documents, there > is now support for viewing them and editing them in the WebApps. For the ODS > that I uploaded and tested, it makes a copy for editing so that any > differences in ODF support don't corrupt the uploaded version. There is also > a compatibility warning if the file copy is edited. (There are such warnings > for Office features that aren't handled in the WebApps at this time.) It is > thrilling to see the formulas be preserved and working, all in the Excel UI. > > 3. The SkyDrive and Office WebApps available in browsers are very handy for > confirmation of document interchange problems. This is another way to > convert documents between formats and also confirm what documents look like > in the Office applications, so long as WebApp features are sufficient. > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 21:15 > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: RE: [UX] Review of MS Office 2013 UI > > What I find interesting is the fact that inexpensive upgrades from Windows XP > to Windows 8 will be available. > > I have no idea how many XP configurations will qualify as able to run Windows > 8 though. > > There will be some sort of Windows 8 Compatibility Advisor program for > qualifying machines for upgrade. I will try it on my aging Toshiba Tablet PC > as soon as I can. I figure if there are problems, it is likely over drivers > that Toshiba didn't make available beyond Vista. > > I'm still startled by how well Office Preview handles and produces ODF > documents. I haven't run anything very demanding though. > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Weir [mailto:robw...@apache.org] > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 19:51 > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: [UX] Review of MS Office 2013 UI > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Kevin Grignon > <kevingrignon...@gmail.com> wrote: >> It appears that MS Office 2013 is starting to be reviewed. Check out the >> C|NET review and supporting screen shots: >> >> http://reviews.cnet.com/office-suites/the-new-microsoft-office/4505-3524_7-35374636.html >> > > What I thought was interesting was that they were no longer going to > support Windows XP and Vista. Office 2013 will require Windows 7 or > 8. > > If we look at OpenOffice, only 58% of our Windows downloaders have > been on Windows 7. (<1% Wndows 8). So 42% or so on versions of > Windows that will not be supported in next version of MS Office. > > It will be interesting to see what happens around April 2014, when > both Windows XP and Office 2003 support ends. There could be a few > hundred million users looking for a Windows productivity suite that is > still supported by someone. > > -Rob > >> Regards, >> Kevin >
