VS2012 design could have been worse.. Apple could have designed it :) http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/780667831.jpg?1371031013
--- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Greg, Greg – I put it down to the UIX guru / fiend that obviously exerted > great influence over the PMs and higher-ups in Microsoft. **** > > I can’t stand Office 2013 – I appreciate some features, but find some of > the behaviours and the UI itself just counter-productive (ie, anti my > productivity). I don’t think I am resistant to change. I removed it, in > favour of Office 2010 (incidentally, I never used Office2007 and took to > the ribbon OK). **** > > There is another VS2012 hack that I omitted – NiceVS. It overlaps with one > of the other hacks that I listed. **** > > NiceVS**** > > > http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/a36021f0-770a-4258-854e-724e9d12b8a6 > **** > > I hate to have to do these things. **** > ------------------------------ > > **Ian Thomas** > Victoria Park, ****Western Australia******** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Saturday, June 15, 2013 9:30 AM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: VS2012 hacks**** > > ** ** > > Ian (et al), I have also taken a lot of steps recently to restore > old colours and behaviour to recent Microsoft product releases. I don't > normally do that. We all expect complaints when new versions of products > are released, but in my experience the noise quickly drops away and people > just accept the changes and run with them. However, the amount of stubborn > resistance recently has been quite startling. Why is this happening?**** > > **** > > Microsoft is dragging us all along with it on some sort of global style > change where there is less chrome, fewer borders, less saturated colour, > fewer lines, etc. Now I can honestly understand this because the eye and > brain work better with less clutter, but it all seems to have gone too far > (remember the first preview of Visual Studio 2012 that looked like a > charcoal etching?). Is there some department or research within Microsoft > that is driving this trend? Do they explain their reasoning? Where did they > recruit the drugged gibbons they put through the usability testing?**** > > **** > > And then there's Windows 8 ...**** > > **** > > Greg**** >
