Comments on: See Office 12 Now! http://www.ensight.org/2005/09/13/see-office-12-now/ I'm The Boss @ netmobs, past CEO of b5media, author of Blog Marketing and a hardcore Canadian Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:21:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mr. Shiney http://www.ensight.org/2005/09/13/see-office-12-now/comment-page-1/#comment-48023 Mr. Shiney Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:32:14 +0000 http://www.ensight.org/archives/2005/09/13/see-office-12-now/#comment-48023 On the one hand, its exciting to see MS taking a serious look at user interface design. On the other hand, from the perspective of a long-time office user (who's used to things as they are) any kind of changes are likely not to be useful. People stick with Office because a) that's what everyone else uses, and b) that's what they are used to. MS would be smart to be mindful of that, and definitely should allow the user to go back to the old UI (as well as give them a high degree of customization)! <a href="http://mrshiney.froppy.com/blog/index.php?title=office_12_a_first_look_at_new_gui&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1" rel="nofollow">Some humor about the new UI</a> http://mrshiney.froppy.com/blog/ On the one hand, its exciting to see MS taking a serious look at user interface design. On the other hand, from the perspective of a long-time office user (who’s used to things as they are) any kind of changes are likely not to be useful. People stick with Office because a) that’s what everyone else uses, and b) that’s what they are used to. MS would be smart to be mindful of that, and definitely should allow the user to go back to the old UI (as well as give them a high degree of customization)!

Some humor about the new UI

http://mrshiney.froppy.com/blog/

]]> By: Alex Moskalyuk http://www.ensight.org/2005/09/13/see-office-12-now/comment-page-1/#comment-47992 Alex Moskalyuk Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:56:18 +0000 http://www.ensight.org/archives/2005/09/13/see-office-12-now/#comment-47992 I don't know, kinda hard to get excited about a word processor and a spreadsheet. Didn't see if the copy-paste functionality would finally work right in Excel 12. I don’t know, kinda hard to get excited about a word processor and a spreadsheet. Didn’t see if the copy-paste functionality would finally work right in Excel 12.

]]> By: noinput.net | plug it in » Blog Archive » Office 12 - New UI! http://www.ensight.org/2005/09/13/see-office-12-now/comment-page-1/#comment-47990 noinput.net | plug it in » Blog Archive » Office 12 - New UI! Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:58:27 +0000 http://www.ensight.org/archives/2005/09/13/see-office-12-now/#comment-47990 [...] Ensight - Jeremy Wright’s Personal Blog » See Office 12 Now! I’ve been working internally on courseware for Microsoft for a while now. As part of that, I’ve spent a fair amount of time with the Office12 team. [...] [...] Ensight – Jeremy Wright’s Personal Blog » See Office 12 Now! I’ve been working internally on courseware for Microsoft for a while now. As part of that, I’ve spent a fair amount of time with the Office12 team. [...]

]]> By: Jeremy Wright http://www.ensight.org/2005/09/13/see-office-12-now/comment-page-1/#comment-47987 Jeremy Wright Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:35:26 +0000 http://www.ensight.org/archives/2005/09/13/see-office-12-now/#comment-47987 anon: Nope. I've been offered a few jobs and turned them down. I'm enjoying doing my own thing too much right now :) anon: Nope. I’ve been offered a few jobs and turned them down. I’m enjoying doing my own thing too much right now :)

]]> By: » Wright praises Office 12 user interface Windows Vista Weblog http://www.ensight.org/2005/09/13/see-office-12-now/comment-page-1/#comment-47986 » Wright praises Office 12 user interface Windows Vista Weblog Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:02:44 +0000 http://www.ensight.org/archives/2005/09/13/see-office-12-now/#comment-47986 [...] On his blog, Ensight, he enthuses : “Don’t make judgements on the new UI until you’ve watched about 20 minutes of the video. That’s about how long it took me to go from ‘this sucks’ to ‘holy hell this is awesome!’. It’s a whole new way at looking at user interaction, and it’s a Good Thing, in my opinion.” [...] [...] On his blog, Ensight, he enthuses : “Don’t make judgements on the new UI until you’ve watched about 20 minutes of the video. That’s about how long it took me to go from ‘this sucks’ to ‘holy hell this is awesome!’. It’s a whole new way at looking at user interaction, and it’s a Good Thing, in my opinion.” [...]

]]> By: anon http://www.ensight.org/2005/09/13/see-office-12-now/comment-page-1/#comment-47984 anon Wed, 14 Sep 2005 06:06:57 +0000 http://www.ensight.org/archives/2005/09/13/see-office-12-now/#comment-47984 By any chance, are you looking to be hired by Microsoft? By any chance, are you looking to be hired by Microsoft?

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