When a feature sucks...
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... "fix" it with a even worse new feature[^]. This is how bloatware evolves. E.g.: Can't find the old commands in Office Ribbon? Add a search box to look for them! But what about not hiding them behind a non-intuitive "result of tons of study of Office usage"? I know someone will ask this, so... yes, I "upgraded" my Office 2007 back to Office 2002.
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Someone a while ago (oh, a month or so) posted a link to site that puts the familiar menus back into Office 2007. I don't have the URL (it's on another computer that's not accessible right now). Marc
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I agree, the new Ribbon is fast and easy to follow. I know there are always the Luddites that don't like things changing becasue they are new and mean they have to learn new stuff and "I am nearly 50 yo know, I don't need to learn this new stuff" etc. A lot of people who use it after earlier version prefer it. Some don't , get over it
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I find that at least half of my users hate it and ask me to put back the old version. They have been using Word and Excel for years and they really do not want to relearn everything just because Microsoft thinks it was time to change the user interface.
John
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Sometimes it does. But my experience is that when programmer say he/she just added this "cool" new feature, more often than not it means that it was "cool" for the programmer to write, i.e. fun and challenging, and mentally engaging to implement and think about. And frequently it impresses a fellow programmer to see it work. This is not necessarily the same as "cool" for the user.
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Jim Crafton wrote:
This is not necessarily the same as "cool" for the user.
It is NOT cool for the user if it forces them to have to relearn every thing they know about using a software package.
John
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Brilliant. We've gone back to a command line for text editors. The *nix folk will be insufferable now... :rolleye:
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For plain text, I actually prefer a command line utility (well at least when I am using linux).
John
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Yes, it does. Cool means easy to use, effective, and aesthetically pleasing.
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No; "cool" indicates form-over-function and its attendant inefficiency.
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Brady Kelly wrote:
Cool means easy to use
The point is precisely that this is not always true. E.g.: look at a thousand Flash animations around there that killed the "Back" button.
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I know, but PBC was saying cool has no place. Killing the back button isn't cool.
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