Sometimes I think those sort of changes were done primarily as a response to the rise of OpenOffice, to differentiate their product from Sun's. A new look is a good way to help people feel better about tossing down new money as well. The ribbon concept is good, but I think they dropped the ball by not making it optional and they certainly didn't make it easy to program for in Visual Studio. I also think they made an mistake defaulting to the new .x formats ( docs, xlsx and so on) in Office. I get the xml concept and think it's a brilliant idea, but they would have done better to not instantly abandon a format with a decade+ of history and user comfort.
Thanks, Dave David Smith Systems Administrator Doan Family of Dealerships (585) 352-6600 ext.1730 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.upstatedigitools.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Weller Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 8:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [NF] M$ to push out Vista replacement in mid 2009 What I can't understand is that a lot of the changes to the interface in Vista and Office 2007 seem to be change for the sake of it which makes it much more difficult to use for experienced users. I understood that the Windows layouts, keystrokes, etc were the result of extensive research in the M$ usability labs in the 90's - are they implying that their results were totally wrong? John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
