https://evan.wtf/tags/ui/Recent content in Ui on Evan HoffmanHugoen-USEvan HoffmanMon, 02 Aug 2010 12:48:49 +0000https://evan.wtf/2010/08/02/microsoft-office-2007s-awful-user-interface-2/Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:48:49 +0000https://evan.wtf/2010/08/02/microsoft-office-2007s-awful-user-interface-2/<p>Office 2007 is pretty old by now, and I know much has been written on the move from a &ldquo;normal&rdquo; looking app to the &ldquo;Ribbon&rdquo; UI. I personally hate the change and feel Microsoft just changed the UI as a way to make the application look &ldquo;different&rdquo; so that people will look at it and go &ldquo;oooh, shiny!&rdquo; and not feel as bad about being forced into another $400 upgrade of a word processor. Sure, Excel&rsquo;s row limit was finally raised beyond 64k, and I&rsquo;m sure there were some other tweaks, but .docx? .xlsx? Yet more file formats, ensuring most businesses will feel compelled to upgrade. If your clients are upgrading, you&rsquo;re going to have to.</p>https://evan.wtf/2010/08/02/microsoft-office-2007s-awful-user-interface/Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:48:49 +0000https://evan.wtf/2010/08/02/microsoft-office-2007s-awful-user-interface/<p>Office 2007 is pretty old by now, and I know much has been written on the move from a &ldquo;normal&rdquo; looking app to the &ldquo;Ribbon&rdquo; UI. I personally hate the change and feel Microsoft just changed the UI as a way to make the application look &ldquo;different&rdquo; so that people will look at it and go &ldquo;oooh, shiny!&rdquo; and not feel as bad about being forced into another $400 upgrade of a word processor. Sure, Excel&rsquo;s row limit was finally raised beyond 64k, and I&rsquo;m sure there were some other tweaks, but .docx? .xlsx? Yet more file formats, ensuring most businesses will feel compelled to upgrade. If your clients are upgrading, you&rsquo;re going to have to.</p>