After all the 'waffle' we were given about usability and how the whole area
around the Pizza in Word and Start Menu in Vista are 'sensitive' areas so
the users don't actually have to hit the buttons dead-on, it is a shame that
the team designing the dialog selectors hadn't been party to the same
brainwashing.
Terry
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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Hi Bob,
Having listened to Jensen Harris in person, reading his blog, and
suffering
through the beta, I think I can promise you that they aren't going to
"yank the
dialogs out" although they will probably give some of them a facelift the
next
time around. I think the tiny size of the launchers was a mistake,
probably in
an overzealous attempt to "hide the complexity from new users". Believe
me,
they're hearing plenty of feedback about it!
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:53:58 -0500, CyberTaz
wrote:
Hey Terry -
Do ya think that maybe they're trying to discourage people from using them
because they eventually intend to yank the dialogs out?;-)
Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 12/27/07 5:53 AM, in article
, "Terry Farrell"
wrote:
Bob
And how I wish these 'dialog launchers' were activated by clicking
anywhere
in the group title bar rather than having to aim for the piddling little
arrow at its end. After all, the bar is functionless other than for
display
the group title.
Terry
"CyberTaz" wrote in message
.. .
In addition to the excellent suggestions from others, I've found it
quite
helpful to pay particular attention to the "Dialog Launcher" buttons
that
appear on the right end of the group name bar of many of the tabs -
they
look like a little square with a diagonal arrow within it... In most
cases
the dialogs or Task Panes they evoke are virtually identical to what
you're
accustomed to using in previous versions.
HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 12/26/07 10:00 PM, in article
, "JMB"
wrote:
Herb and Susan, thanks for the useful feedback. Like Herb I have no
choice,
with my company about to make a massive migration to Vista and Office
2007.
And I can't afford to loose much time and productivity because of
this.
Hence
my present preparatory work at home in my spare time. So I'll have to
bite
the bullet, but this looks like it is going to be a very tough and
bitter
one. Quite frankly I fail to understand what Microsoft was/is
thinking.
Preparing a new document or spreadsheet seems to be all about coping
with
the
user interface and appearances now, and in the meantime many people
seem
to
forget what it is really about, i.e. the contents of the message ...
The
next
release has been aptly code named MS Office HAB (Hot Air Balloon). On
the
other hand I suppose it is also fair to point out that I'm not getting
any
younger and possibly my flexibility to adjust is no longer what it
used
to be.
--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
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