Windows 7 Ad Campaign Kicks Off, Focuses on Features
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 22nd Oct 2009 21:53 UTC
Windows I never thought it was possible, but as it turns out, Microsoft has managed to produce some pretty good commercials for its brand new operating system, Windows 7. They are quite product-oriented, and carry the slogan "I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea".
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RE[2]: What features?
by sbenitezb on Fri 23rd Oct 2009 02:12 UTC in reply to "RE: What features?"
sbenitezb
Member since:
2005-07-22

An ever changing UI is hardly a way to optimally use a program. They screwed it because they need to put as much "features" as possible with each release to keep selling their shit. True is 99% of people don't ever user more than Bold, Save as, Underline, Change Typography, Align, and a couple of other expected features. I don't think a program should have so much features, it makes it very difficult to learn/master. Don't even mention having to relearn how to use a damn word processor with each new release.

And idiots keep saying something like LaTeX is too hard to learn.

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RE[3]: What features?
by PlatformAgnostic on Fri 23rd Oct 2009 06:51 in reply to "RE[2]: What features?"
PlatformAgnostic Member since:
2006-01-02

Um, the team that built the ribbon based its design on telemetry data of which features people actually use. People in the real world definitely do use more than the five features you listed. If you think the discoverability of features in Word is bad for typical users, how do you think they'd cope with the comparative brick wall that is a compiled document format?

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RE[4]: What features?
by tobyv on Fri 23rd Oct 2009 08:58 in reply to "RE[3]: What features?"
tobyv Member since:
2008-08-25

Um, the team that built the ribbon based its design on telemetry data of which features people actually use


That's great news for TELSTAR, but what about us earth-bound folk?

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RE[3]: What features?
by tobyv on Fri 23rd Oct 2009 08:52 in reply to "RE[2]: What features?"
tobyv Member since:
2008-08-25

And idiots keep saying something like LaTeX is too hard to learn.


The Troff I learnt 15 years ago still works today, and well into the future. The ~6 week learning curve that just keeps on giving ;)

There is just no incentive, commericial or otherwise, to go fiddling with something that works so well.

Unlike a certain bundle of popular office applications.

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