Linked by on Sun 26th Feb 2006 16:17 UTC
ActiveWin reviews Office 2007 beta 1, and concludes: "It's an innovative interface yes, but will the benefits outweigh the changes? That's for users to decide. Yes this early code does have glitches and performance issues left to be ironed out; right now the focus is on reliability and stability. The BETA 2 release should provide us with an early glimpse of what's in store in the final product. My personal say is getting used to interface should not be a problem for many since the familiar tools are organized in ways that makes it convenient for the user, and new tools make the interface more intelligent and more aware of what the user is doing, presenting the right tools for the task at hand."
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2005-07-06
Um... no. Innovation is not no longer innovation because adopters don't like it. Innovation is innovation no matter how well people react to it.
I'm not a nix type, at all, and I never said vi is a great product. All I said is that once you get past the initial steep learning curve, you will be a lot more productive. I'm not a very big unix guy at all, but the more I learn vi, the more I appreciate it. However, I still tend to use other tools to edit most of my code. But for some things, vi can't be beat, to me.
And of course a GUI is almost always *better*. There is no doubt about that. The only reason I used *vi* is because its a good example of an app that is relatively simple, but has a steep learning curve before someone can really become productive with it.
The rest of what you say, I mostly agree with. However, I'm far from a *nix nerd (I'm a windows nerd actually), I use vi[m] only a portion of the time, and I think you don't truly appreciate vi[m] because you haven't taken the time to learn it. It's not the be-all end-all like some thing it is, but it's a powerful tool to add to your arsenal if you know it and know when to use it.