Smacks of desperation, or.....?
Are they nervous, have they been getting feedback from many beta testers that the new version sucks? I've seen it, and it does suck. Not as bad as the new windows office, but it has some very serious issues for those of us who value productivity above "features". After a few months now using the windows version (I have not had direct access to the mac version to try it for myself), I'm still fighting to find commands that used to be obvious, it still takes me seemingly forever to format a graph in excel the way I want it, it still is almost impossible (and takes forever) to format a powerpoint slide, I am still trying to figure out how to turn off all the MS "do it the way we want it" auto reformatting defaults, etc, etc. I suppose this ribbon idea made sense to someone, but I clearly don't know that person judging by the regular screams of frustration/demands of IT carnage I hear echoing up and down the halls. Not that this is anything new.
OR, are they being true to MS form, and this version contains a full compliment of crapware, intrusiveware, and spyware, which MS can then turn into a revenue stream that dwarfs the original purchase price. At least I'm guessing that's what they do with it, or Bill Gates really does have a megalomania complex and is storing all this data for his personal amusement. I for one won't be testing this theory, my mac is my own and no corporate IT hack will be touching it with this piece of junk. iWork opens the new office documents just fine, better than MS's converter in my experience, so I feel no need.
Are they nervous, have they been getting feedback from many beta testers that the new version sucks? I've seen it, and it does suck. Not as bad as the new windows office, but it has some very serious issues for those of us who value productivity above "features". After a few months now using the windows version (I have not had direct access to the mac version to try it for myself), I'm still fighting to find commands that used to be obvious, it still takes me seemingly forever to format a graph in excel the way I want it, it still is almost impossible (and takes forever) to format a powerpoint slide, I am still trying to figure out how to turn off all the MS "do it the way we want it" auto reformatting defaults, etc, etc. I suppose this ribbon idea made sense to someone, but I clearly don't know that person judging by the regular screams of frustration/demands of IT carnage I hear echoing up and down the halls. Not that this is anything new.
OR, are they being true to MS form, and this version contains a full compliment of crapware, intrusiveware, and spyware, which MS can then turn into a revenue stream that dwarfs the original purchase price. At least I'm guessing that's what they do with it, or Bill Gates really does have a megalomania complex and is storing all this data for his personal amusement. I for one won't be testing this theory, my mac is my own and no corporate IT hack will be touching it with this piece of junk. iWork opens the new office documents just fine, better than MS's converter in my experience, so I feel no need.
