Microsoft Office 2007
Friday, March 10, 2006 by Island Dog | Discussion: Windows Software
Microsoft has put up a preview section for Office 2007.
Preview of the "new" gui - http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/uioverview.mspx
Prices - http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/pricing.mspx
Reply #22 Tuesday, March 14, 2006 1:27 PM
I could not use that blue interface for very long without it really becoming a pain.
Reply #23 Thursday, March 16, 2006 6:44 AM
Luna: http://purrtopia.net/o2007bl.png
Obsidian: http://purrtopia.net/o2007ob.png
Reply #24 Saturday, March 18, 2006 6:52 AM
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Reply #26 Sunday, March 19, 2006 4:13 AM
Reply #27 Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:08 PM
Reply #28 Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:15 PM
Reply #29 Friday, March 24, 2006 10:16 PM
I do know that the Pre-Release is quite unstable, but being Beta that's no surprise.
I will definately be in line for the Final Release mid-year.
Reply #30 Monday, March 27, 2006 12:23 AM
I would just like, for once, to see people just respond to a MS product based on what you think about it not because of prior experiences because no one has tested this program yet cause it's not out yet, it is only in BETA, yet it is being condemned already simply because of it being from MS. |
Hmmmm........well then, that would leave the UI as the main target for comments and what not.
As far as not judging MS by previous experiences? HUH? Are you serious? I bet you lose a lot of money at carnivals.
I'm sure Billy boy will put a nice little bonus in your (blue?) mailbox though!
Actually, I like the look of it. I wish I was Beta testing this one but I'm not.
I even like the blue UI LOL! MS? I don't want to hurt your feelings so I'll keep that to myself
Reply #31 Monday, March 27, 2006 12:51 AM
Reply #32 Tuesday, March 28, 2006 7:19 AM
Darth Videlous
Reply #33 Tuesday, March 28, 2006 9:56 AM
Previously, both products had been scheduled for release in the second half of 2006."
http://redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?editorialsid=7295
Reply #34 Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:45 PM
Darth Videlous MSID(678890)
Reply #35 Tuesday, March 28, 2006 9:28 PM
What I like:
The Ribbon - can be fully customizeable by a developer.
All Office Docs will now have a new extension (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc) this is because all of the files are now ZIP files - yes you heard it correctly - ZIPpped files.
They did this for a number of reasons - most importantly is the ability to change the file(s) from a Server side process without having to launch the actual application(Word/Excel/...) and just make changes to the DATA (which is in an XML file somewhere in the ZIP)
Also , the file sizes are much , much smaller (not that disk space is an issue.)
Some neat stuff for devs -
I kind of like the new UI - will have to play with it for a while to get a feel for it.
Reply #36 Friday, April 7, 2006 8:41 PM
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Reply #21 Tuesday, March 14, 2006 12:24 PM
I don't really care about the tabs. I use Firefox, but I still prefer to have seperate windows rather than tabs.
I have nothing against, Microsoft. I usually think Microsoft is often demonized unfairly. But in this case, they dropped the ball on the overall look of Office. I think they're trying to be cutesy like Apple, but it doesn't work out. I liked Microsoft when it was more about functionality rather than aesthetics. XP was good because at least we could keep the functionality, but substitute the look with the help of Stardock.
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