I liked the button's function, and I liked how it looked. The problem is--unlike all the great changes they made with the ribbon interface--its function wasn't obvious at all. In fact it wasn't even obvious it was a button. It wasn't a big deal once you knew what it was, but hiding the most commonly used commands seemed odd to me.
Cool. On the Mac the new Office is a real winner, I use it over iWorks and NeoOffice but because they have the palette system and the unified interface, we don't have the ribbon. The palettes take the place of most of that, but in a more standard Mac way. If anything helps users on the PC make more of Office, good on 'em, I say.
ElBeh, I doubt it. The reason they did it with Windows is because they've found that Windows customers don't respond to named versions like Vista anymore. But Office has been their cash cow since 2000. There is no downturn in sales for Office and I highly doubt that they will switch to 14. Office 2009 or whatever will sell just fine for them.
ethergnatJan 16, 2009
I liked the button's function, and I liked how it looked. The problem is--unlike all the great changes they made with the ribbon interface--its function wasn't obvious at all. In fact it wasn't even obvious it was a button. It wasn't a big deal once you knew what it was, but hiding the most commonly used commands seemed odd to me.
musicbearJan 16, 2009
Cool. On the Mac the new Office is a real winner, I use it over iWorks and NeoOffice but because they have the palette system and the unified interface, we don't have the ribbon. The palettes take the place of most of that, but in a more standard Mac way. If anything helps users on the PC make more of Office, good on 'em, I say.
puesiJan 16, 2009
You do realize that with a small update you can open .docx files on previous versions of Office right?
Closed AccountJan 16, 2009
Yeah, "leaked" as in, the Microsoft media campaign is expanding..
thesabreJan 17, 2009
ElBeh, I doubt it. The reason they did it with Windows is because they've found that Windows customers don't respond to named versions like Vista anymore. But Office has been their cash cow since 2000. There is no downturn in sales for Office and I highly doubt that they will switch to 14. Office 2009 or whatever will sell just fine for them.