(June 5, 2009 at 5:41 am)Tiberius Wrote: Could you link to the published reasons? Also, did you know that Microsoft Office 2007 fails the OOXML tests, even though Microsoft were the company who pushed for that standard?
It was from an article in PCPro so I only saw it on paper but in essence the interface changed because the old SAA was inadequate to the task (when Word first adopted SAA there were maybe 50 items on the menu's now there are 250 and many more configurable one's with users being able to add, move and remove many things which made it a total nightmare in support terms (primarily for help desks) so the new O2K7 interface (primarily the ribbon) is an attempt to address that.
I think it does it very well but then I think Office is far an away the best at what it does, it's the one MS application (or rather suite) I find indispensable none of which (of course) denies the others any competency as (fopr me) it's a purely personal thing and I am well aware that aspects of OO are superior (especially it's search and replace). Though it took me a while to adjust from O2K3 I just love O2K7's interface.
Besides, it's legal LOL ... working in the IT industry it's easy to get hold of software (OS & apps) so I've gone a particular way and am now re-orienting. We're utterly legal on MP3's now (and I even managed to avoid iTunes which can only be a good thing) but legality in other areas are "ongoing" (I am trying very hard).
Kyu
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