The Why of the New UI (Part 1)

re: The Why of the New UI (Part 1)

LarryOsterman — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:14:18 GMT

Umm.. Microsoft Word first appeared for the PC in 1982 or 1983, by the time the Mac appeared, Microsoft Word was up to version 2.<something-or-other>. I don't believe a version of Word appeared for the Mac until about the same time as Excel shipped (if not later).

I believe that Microsoft had significant involvement in the development of MacWrite however.

re: The Why of the New UI (Part 1)

Deja vu — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:55:33 GMT

Is there some reason why you're repeating what you've already written?

You wrote the same thing almost word for word back in September: http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2005/09/26/473950.aspx

Surely there must be something new to write about? I'd like to hear more about the QAT - is there a way to customize it once you add stuff to it (e.g., rearrange its content, etc), and how is this accomplished? Also, what about internationalization support - how does the ribbon layout change for right-to-left languages like Hebrew?

re: The Why of the New UI (Part 1)

Aaron M. Hall — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:15:19 GMT

Deja vu-- Since you actually read the archives, might I recommend reading yesterday's post for your answer? :)

Feedback

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Gives another meaning to the word: feed-back =8)

re: The Why of the New UI (Part 1)

Ben M. Schorr — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:37:58 GMT

Larry, the PC and Mac version numbers are not always in step. Word for DOS (aka Word 1.0) shipped in May of 1983 I believe. But Word 1.0 for Mac, shipped a year or so later, bore no resemblance to Word for DOS and can hardly be called the same product. There wasn't any Word 2.0 for Mac - they skipped straight to 3.0 in an attempt to align the version numbers. This was quickly, and rather expensively, followed by Word for Mac 3.01 and the concept of the "Service Pack" was born even if not yet by that name. :)

-B-

re: The Why of the New UI (Part 1)

Brian — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:08:33 GMT

Jensen,

Great article. But I believe that NextStep had proportinal scroll bars before Win95. I know the Mac didn't get them until OS8 or 8.5, I think.

Brian

re: The Why of the New UI (Part 1)

Kazi — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:43:03 GMT

My favorite article in this topic:

The History of Human Computer Interaction

http://www2.iicm.edu/cguetl/education/projects/mischitz/Seminar.htm

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re: The Why of the New UI (Part 1)

MikeW2 — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 15:54:23 GMT

I agree with a previous correspondent who asked why this was a repeat.

Yes, I'd already read the previous article so I know that you are repeating yourself, but why not just post ONE message with a list of links to all those earlier articles and then either get on with some new stuff or just have a few days off.

Now I have to check out every *new* (huh!?) article to see whether it's a repeat or not.

It's unfortunate to need to complain to one of the few Microsoft Office 12 (2007 if you must) bloggers who have posted (often and well) since the start of this MS Office 2007 blogging effort.

However I *was* there from the beginning and now you are just (tries several versions and finally goes for) "making me sad".

How about a message entitled "***NEW STUFF*** when you finally stop posting your repeats?

Mike Walsh

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