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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Microsoft Office 12: new user interface
From:       Martin Ellis <martin.ellis () kdemail ! net>
Date:       2005-09-23 17:32:31
Message-ID: 200509231832.31650.martin.ellis () kdemail ! net
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On Friday 23 Sep 2005 17:56, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> of course you know this, but ... MS is using these videos and blogs to try
> and put a human face on their products. 

Sure.  But more than that.

> that said, i'm downloading the video now and will watch it later. i'm
> skeptical as to the tabs-replace-menubar thing as being so great; it
> probably gives larger targets and integrates the actions better witth the
> app, but it's an incremental improvement IMHO and may turn out to be less
> than that.

Even if 'Tabs-replace-menubar' isn't be the best thing since sliced bread, 
they're also doing well to let the hype revolve around those UI changes.
They have that brilliant 'bike-shed' quality - everyone can and will have an 
opinion on them, and be talking about them. It's certainly getting mindshare.

Acutally, IMO some of the new features (like automatic diagramming, and 
'clever' document styles) are much more interesting.

By the way, since it turns out that KOffice *is* based on the StarOffice 
code-base after all [1], we can start re-using their MS Office filters, 
right? :o)

Martin

[1] http://braincore.blogspot.com/2005/09/wtf-liar-liar-pants-on-fire.html

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