Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 31st Oct 2008 08:37 UTC
When Office 2007 came out with its new ribbon-based interface, a lot of people were up in arms because Microsoft deliberately left out a legacy switch - you couldn't go back to the old-fashioned Office user interface. Now that Windows 7 is getting a major UI overhaul, many wondered if Microsoft would build a legacy switch into its new operating system. Ars talked to Steven Sinofsky about this one, and got an answer. They also discussed the new jump list feature.
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2005-07-06
Well yes, but my point is Aqua is a recent development and was a complete overhaul of their old UI. Saying Apple hasn't changed their UI since they last changed their UI amounts to a tautology.
The original post makes it sound like Apple is the great basiton of UI consistency and that MS change their UI every other week. While in fact Apple is the company that made more recent and more sweeping changes to their UI.
Not that I'm saying UI changes are a bad thing mind you.