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Re: (OT) The giant steps down before the crash
de John Jay Smith 06/16/2006 12:02
>what Office 2003 had that Office 2000 didn't
But Office 2007 wanted to do something new and some retarded designer came
up with the ribbon idea.
(its the new way you will access the office functions). This person who had
this notion
(it had to start out in somebody's brain) should be given the Darwin award.
I could accept the ribbon interface IF everything could be customized. But
guess what? They made it on purpose so that it can be customized very
little! The reason for this was that in the old way of office 2003 and
before the toolbars would be a mess, others would close, they would change
by mistake and simple users had no idea how to fix them. So? Couldn't they
make a LOCK feature like the Windows taskbar? (or something similar even
better?)
They seem to want to do things differently in the vista era, mainly for
marketing reasons.
Different is not bad, as long as its better.
I love different... I love new things...
I am a guy who always has the latest and greatest programs on my computer...
but these
"improvements" make my stomach tumble.
I see the press tearing down MS after some professionals start using their
new products...
They cant talk much yet because of the "beta" excuse.
Vista has changed my opinion 180 degrees about MS. It seems that Gates cares
no longer.. and it shows.
What is happening to Microsoft is not new. It has happened to other
companies too.... but I didn't imagine
that some of the brightest people in the world were capable of such stupid
things.
"Mark Carter" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:44926ddb$0$15787$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
> John Jay Smith wrote:
>> I have stated before what I think the future will be for Microsoft with
>> vista and office 2007 ....
>> They are badly designed abominations... and it seems that Gates is
>> getting out of the boat before it sinks...
>
> If I were him, I would have gotten out a long time ago, on the basis that
> one doesn't have to be the richest man in the world to be rich enough.
>
> We have yet to see what impact Vista will make. It's possible it will
> completely bomb, and that MS will have to do a hasty redesign. OTOH,
> people are incredibly resistant to thinking. Chances are that Vista will
> be a success.
>
> Just the other day I expressed the opinion that I didn't see what Office
> 2003 had that Office 2000 didn't (sure, they'll be differences, but what
> specific features do they intend to use in 2003 that isn't in 2000). But
> in people's minds "it's 2003".