Office 2007 User Interface   

My office has just rolled out Microsoft Office 2007.

As a veteran "power user" of more than 15 years, I cannot believe the 
blatant disregard and disrespect Microsoft has for its dedicated user base.

I find myself continually shouting in frustration because I cannot find 
basic commands in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.

In Basic Marketing 101, we all learned that the dedicated user base is the 
most valuable customer to keep happy. Look what happened with "New Coke" back 
in 1983 because a major company thought it knew better than its customers.

Microsoft has deliberately installed an alien and cryptic menu system (the 
so-called "ribbon") that has crippled the productivity and intuitive 
knowledge that enabled me to fly through daily tasks, which was built up with 
years of experience with Microsoft Office.

You can be assured that I will not be buying and installing Office 2007 at 
home until such time as Microsoft enables the user to select the "old" menu 
or the "new" menu.

As Microsoft have declared they have no intention of doing so, then I think 
you will find many people such as myself looking for alternative suite of 
products - such as those being rolled out by Google. 

May Microsoft and its "ribbon" device go the way of "New Coke" in a speedy 
manner.

date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 08:01:02 -0800   author:   Not happy Mr Gates Not happy Mr

Re: Office 2007 User Interface   

Not happy Mr Gates wrote:
> My office has just rolled out Microsoft Office 2007.
> 
> As a veteran "power user" of more than 15 years, I cannot believe the 
> blatant disregard and disrespect Microsoft has for its dedicated user base.
> 
> I find myself continually shouting in frustration because I cannot find 
> basic commands in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.
> 
> In Basic Marketing 101, we all learned that the dedicated user base is the 
> most valuable customer to keep happy. Look what happened with "New Coke" back 
> in 1983 because a major company thought it knew better than its customers.
> 
> Microsoft has deliberately installed an alien and cryptic menu system (the 
> so-called "ribbon") that has crippled the productivity and intuitive 
> knowledge that enabled me to fly through daily tasks, which was built up with 
> years of experience with Microsoft Office.
> 
> You can be assured that I will not be buying and installing Office 2007 at 
> home until such time as Microsoft enables the user to select the "old" menu 
> or the "new" menu.
> 
> As Microsoft have declared they have no intention of doing so, then I think 
> you will find many people such as myself looking for alternative suite of 
> products - such as those being rolled out by Google. 
> 
> May Microsoft and its "ribbon" device go the way of "New Coke" in a speedy 
> manner.

And the reason you have posted this to a Mac group is ??

date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:05:28 GMT   author:   Ben

Re: Office 2007 User Interface   

Perhaps it was because of the User Interface of their posting system, which 
only had one forum titled "Office" which I could find among a list of 
hundreds of groups, with no heirarchical indication that it had anything to 
do with Macs, in a frustrated desire to vent my spleen.

"Ben" wrote:

> Not happy Mr Gates wrote:
> > My office has just rolled out Microsoft Office 2007.
> > 
> > As a veteran "power user" of more than 15 years, I cannot believe the 
> > blatant disregard and disrespect Microsoft has for its dedicated user base.
> > 
> > I find myself continually shouting in frustration because I cannot find 
> > basic commands in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.
> > 
> > In Basic Marketing 101, we all learned that the dedicated user base is the 
> > most valuable customer to keep happy. Look what happened with "New Coke" back 
> > in 1983 because a major company thought it knew better than its customers.
> > 
> > Microsoft has deliberately installed an alien and cryptic menu system (the 
> > so-called "ribbon") that has crippled the productivity and intuitive 
> > knowledge that enabled me to fly through daily tasks, which was built up with 
> > years of experience with Microsoft Office.
> > 
> > You can be assured that I will not be buying and installing Office 2007 at 
> > home until such time as Microsoft enables the user to select the "old" menu 
> > or the "new" menu.
> > 
> > As Microsoft have declared they have no intention of doing so, then I think 
> > you will find many people such as myself looking for alternative suite of 
> > products - such as those being rolled out by Google. 
> > 
> > May Microsoft and its "ribbon" device go the way of "New Coke" in a speedy 
> > manner.
> 
> And the reason you have posted this to a Mac group is ??
>

date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 08:20:01 -0800   author:   Not happy Mr Gates