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From: TOG on 21 May 2010 05:43 On 21 May, 10:07, thewildro...(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote: > So, you like the 'ribbons' then? ;-) > Huh? The what? Bear in mind that for the last 16 years I have been 100% Mac at home and work. I have hardly ever used a PC in all that time. So to say I'm unfamiliar with the Windows way of doing things is an understatement. And now I've been thrown in at the deep end, and while some of my dislike is due to sheer unfamiliarity, there is *so much* about it that is counter-intuitive.
From: Jim on 21 May 2010 05:49 On 2010-05-21, TOG(a)Toil <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 21 May, 10:07, thewildro...(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote: > >> So, you like the 'ribbons' then? ;-) >> > > Huh? The what? It's a new interface design they're using for modern versions of Office. Looks a bit like this: <http://i.msdn.microsoft.com/Cc872782.Ribbon01(en-us,MSDN.10).png> It's very much a 'love it or loath it' type thing. I'm firmly in the 'loath it' camp. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "RESEARCH showing that men lie more than women is proof they should stop asking them awkward questions in the first place, say scientists." - The Daily Mash
From: Andy Hewitt on 21 May 2010 06:12 Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > In article <1jiu6rj.cdceg919wg30gN%thewildrover(a)me.com>, > thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote: > > > TOG(a)Toil <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > [..] > > > Oh, I wasn't having a pop at you, believe me. You're right about the > > > OSs being years apart. I was just hopping mad at having to go from a > > > reasonably modern (10,4) Mac OS to a horribly clunky old PC OS and > > > quite the nastiest version of MS Office I've encountered. I've wasted > > > to much time on: "So how do I do this simple task now everything's > > > changed?" and "Where the hell hsave they put the XYZ button on this > > > version?" > > > > > > Plus, of course, having to do tasks in what seems like half a dozen > > > stages when previously only one or two were needed.... > > > > So, you like the 'ribbons' then? ;-) > > Real PoS those are. But according to the folks on > microsoft.public.mac.office.word (who understand they're a pain for > those who've used Word before), newbies do better with it. Go figure. > > And, it would seem, the ribbons are coming to a version of Office near > *you*. So I got Office Mac 2008 which is still old-style and is > Intel-native. No plans to move from that. Yup, that'll do me too - as long as the bloody school doesn't upgrade to Office '10 too soon. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Andy Hewitt on 21 May 2010 06:12 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-05-21, TOG(a)Toil <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > On 21 May, 10:07, thewildro...(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote: > > > >> So, you like the 'ribbons' then? ;-) > >> > > > > Huh? The what? > > It's a new interface design they're using for modern versions of Office. > > Looks a bit like this: > <http://i.msdn.microsoft.com/Cc872782.Ribbon01(en-us,MSDN.10).png> > > It's very much a 'love it or loath it' type thing. I'm firmly in the 'loath > it' camp. Yeah, it's one of those things that just didn't need fixing, IMHO. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: TOG on 21 May 2010 06:35
On 21 May, 10:49, Jim <j...(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-05-21, TOG(a)Toil <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 21 May, 10:07, thewildro...(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote: > > >> So, you like the 'ribbons' then? ;-) > > > Huh? The what? > > It's a new interface design they're using for modern versions of Office. > > Looks a bit like this: > <http://i.msdn.microsoft.com/Cc872782.Ribbon01(en-us,MSDN.10).png> > Oh, *that*. Yes, hate it, hate it, hate bit. There is so much stuff crammed into there, and there are so many more options under all the other tabs, and it's only a bloody word processing app, FFS. |