Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 18th Sep 2008 19:09 UTC
We all know that Windows 7 is on its way, planned for release somewhere late 2009 or early 2010. We already know it will have a multitouch framework, no major kernel and/or driver framework changes, and a new taskbar people at Microsoft are not supposed to talk about right now. The firs two milestone releases didn't appear to be very exciting, but now there is - supposedly - a milestone 3 (build 6780) release, and there is a screenshot, and more information on UI changes. According to Microsoft blogger Stephen Chapman, the ribbon will make its way to Windows 7.
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Member since:2005-11-09
good thing there is a legacy mode in Office 2007.
http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/Office-2007-quotLegacyquot-Mode/
Edited 2008-09-18 23:55 UTC
Member since:2005-10-05
That is not a legacy mode, it is an add-in that emulates certain aspects of the previous look-and-feel. Legacy mode implies that the program is inbuilt to be able to fall back to how it used to feel/function, not that someone has released something you could download (and buy, as I notice there is a Professional version of this for sale). I guess some people wont mind spending 30$ to get Office 2007 to behave more like previous versions.
Edited 2008-09-19 04:37 UTC
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2006-04-03
Tell that to the corporations who have to retrain 90% of their staff at a massive up-front cost, not to mention the cost in productivity without significant gain at the end of the retraining.
Its not about holding back on moving forward, its about how you implement the "moving forward". No "legacy" mode in the first version to contain a new UI concept is just plain stupid.