For the effort they put into redesigning their user interface, I would have massively preferred that they hold off on the eye candy and addressed more fundamental problems with the application. However, as a user, what I prefer isn't what Microsoft normally listens to. All of that work could have been applied to revamping the way numbering works, or how they apply styles, or how their multi-file function doesn't work. Or on stabalizing the program for large files.
They didn't. So I am not particularly inclined to congratulate them for making all the eye candy, and in the process making it more difficult to use. Your opinion and mine are diametrically opposed. I think that you will find the camps firmly established and have little cross-over. Scott Callie Bertsche wrote: > *Slightly off-topic* > > For the record, although I agree that FM is far and away the more > professional and versatile tool for extended publications, I have been > won over to MS Word's ribbon. I also used to think of it as unintuitive > - but after watching the video below and studying their UI design, I > think that the steep learning curve and alternate way of thinking are > the rough part, but after you learn to think of the tools visually > rather than textually, the ribbon becomes more powerful than the older > menus, and intuitive. Some will say that if you need a video or other > training to understand the ribbon, it is not intuitive; rather, I think > that we can use a video, training, or working with the ribbon long > enough to shift our thinking from primarily textual to primarily visual. > As a mac user first and always (when not at work), I still applaud MS > for thinking outside the box on this one. > > Intriguing video (click on one of the "Story of the Ribbon" links on > this blog): > > <http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2008/03/12/the-story-of-the-ribbo > n.aspx> > > Cheers and in good humor, > > Callie Bertsche > Tecplot, Inc. > > >>> Message: 19 >>> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:41:03 -0600 >>> From: "Spectrum Writing " <SpectrumWriting at q.com> >>> Subject: RE: Any up to date comparisons of Word and Frame >>> As for 2007 - I agree about how non-intuitive the ribbons are, which >>> > just > >>> adds to the time. Finding a command that was once one click, maybe two >>> clicks at most is now three to four, if it's even where you would >>> > expect to > >>> find it, is the norm with this blasted ribbon. >>> My two cents worth, >>> TVB >>> > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as quills at airmail.net. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/quills%40airmail.net > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > >
