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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2005-08-06
I must say I really look forward to Office 2k7. For me, who was hoping on OOo, must now admit the defeat. Sure, I'll keep using OOo at home because of the pricing, but in the office price is fair enough.
Look at the stuff in there, whatever you produce has the potential of looking better than ever before. Just have a look at those Pies in the Excel part of the review. That looks simply brilliant.
Now you can't do stuff like that with the competitors...
Sure, it'll be a learning curve, just like it was to start biking when I was little, or swimming. The learning curve I mind not. The fact of going to a customer, making a presentation in OOo or MSO2k3 while one of my competitors make something sweet in 2k7 is the real problem here. Because if it's a power user doing it, it will look better. And what is it that counts in the end? The tricky interface or the output it produces?