2009/8/7 Guy Voets <[email protected]> > 2009/8/7 Harold Fuchs <[email protected]>: > > 2009/8/7 Alan Lord (News) <[email protected]> > <snip>
> >> > >> PS - I didn't like it much to be honest. The layout uses a relatively > >> *huge* amount of screen real estate. With the rise of netbooks and > >> widescreen monitors this is a bloody daft design choice. > >> > >> > >> Ahh.Thanks. Tried it and I agree with you. I entered 3 main points: > > 1. Lack of screen space. > > 2. Low priority & cosmetic. If there are resources available they should > be > > deployed fixing bugs and/or improving functionality. > > 3. Microsoft seems to be claiming that the Ribbon is its IP and > threatening > > legal action against competitors using it. Such action would be hugely > > expensive for Oracle/Sun to defend and, if it wasn't defended would mean > the > > development effort would have been completely wasted. > > > > > > -- > > Harold Fuchs > > London, England > > Please reply *only* to [email protected] > > > > Harold, > > +1 > I agree on all your points. > A waste of resources... > > -- > Guy We seem to be agreed as regards the «ribbon» - I did like that bit about «Intellectual Property» - but is anyone else concerned about OOo's future prospects under Oracle's TLC ?... Henri
