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On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Nathan Chere > *Sent:* Wednesday, 26 March 2014 12:28 PM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: unsubscribe > > > > Or to put it another way, going back to Outlook 2003 is a purely positive > experience and I can’t think of a single thing where I’ve thought “gee I > really miss how they improved {0}”. > > > > I suppose this one of those things where everyone’s use cases are > different. However I personally have found: > > a) New Unicode PST/OST files that support >2GB files > The problem didn't seem to be that, just that when they did get big they (seemed) more prone to corruption, typically from forcibly closing Outlook. > b) Ability to connect to >1 Exchange server concurrently > that's a tick > c) Free/Busy information (for meeting scheduling) > Sounds good, but I don't find people using it - they schedule meetings willy nilly over existing. > d) OneNote integration > Hmm, what's oneNote? :^) > e) Auto-configuration > Love it. And it worked on Outlook on Mac in the version before Windows. > f) Single “To-Do” list of tasks and meetings > > To be useful things that I’d miss if I had to go back to Outlook 2003. > Item (b) particularly > > > > Ditto across the board for Office – some of the theming ribbon options are > handy in Word but that’s about it. Excel is a perfect example of how the > ribbon UI is a hammer and not all Office apps are nails – menu/toolbar > worked much better, addins/macros/etc were much simpler easier pre-Excel > 2007, and I still find it hard to comprehend the lack of core productivity > improvements, like how hack-y it feels to do relatively simple things like > autocomplete dropdown lists compared to OpenOffice. I guess they fixed some > of the teething problems with the ribbon UI between 2007 and 2010? > > Again, I suppose it depends on your use cases. But I think in almost any > area there are improvements – take Reviewing for example – Compare Versions > to produce marked up documents, Ability to reply in-line to comments etc. > are all great tools. > > I'd make any team submit rigorous business cases for UI changes. As an enduser, I don't like UI changes for giving a product a new or fresh look. I'm impressed with Microsoft's integration with Android in Exchange. -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
