Office 2008 for Mac - Venting !!!!

[chris001]

i love office, i need office. we all do.

i'm wayyyy too stubborn to go over the iWork or NeoOffice.
i don't know what it is, i just don't want to 😀

BUT, WHEN WILL MICROSOFT COME OUT WITH AN UPDATE FOR THIS OFFICE 2008?

i'm soo annoyed with this office 08, and i dont want to go back to 04 because 08 is obviously better IMO.

I HATE the problems Office 08 has with expose and spaces 😡 JUST MAKE IT COMPATIBLE!!!

neone here of an update coming???

 

[methodmano]

I can't understand why they didn't make the UI the same as Office 2007 for Windows, which I find very impressive.

 

[f1]

I can't understand why they didn't make the UI the same as Office 2007 for Windows, which I find very impressive.

Ew the ribbon interface is just disgusting. I wish Office 08 had the same interface as 04 much easier.

 

[chris001]

i agree, the UI for windows office is pretty nifty.
it takes time to get used to, but i think it is more efficient over time.

sometimes i think microsoft makes their products too simple if they are making them for the mac. making it seem like mac user won't understand complex things or somethig?

 

[Glenny2lappies]

It looks like there's one developer working on it at Micorsoft:

http://www.officeformac.com/blog/Office-2008-Update/

I think the consensus is that Office 2008 a poor product update. Probably Microsoft are not that bothered with creating it so have done as little as possible. Especially when you consider the price of Office 2008 is a fraction of the price of Office 2007 -- isn't it nice to have a choice of applications and not have a single monopoly application as per Wnidows🙂

 

[kuwisdelu]

i love office, i need office. we all do.

Nope. Some of us hate it, don't need it, and don't use it. 😉

You already admitted you're the stubborn one.

 

[chris001]

haha kuwisdelu; you're soo right!!!

nice, march 11th is the scheduled update.

another article here...

http://arstechnica.com/journals/app...8-update-promised-soon-at-expense-of-open-xml

 

[unknown87]

Some of us DO need Office for academic work and work; things have to be 'just so' and compatible. For the person who isn't hell bent on slagging off EVERYTHING 'Micro$oft' produce (please don't let me ever see that...), Office 2008 is fine. I've had zero problems so far, and that's with daily use for a while now.

 

[Osarkon]

I can't understand why they didn't make the UI the same as Office 2007 for Windows, which I find very impressive.

I find it horrible and extremely hard to use, but that's just me.

I also don't see the benefit of 'giving it time to learn it'. In businesses, nobody is going to lose 2 weeks of productivity just to get used to some fancy ribbon interface.

Hooray for OpenOffice. At least that looks and works in relation to how I expect it to. 😀

 

[The Stig]

I can't understand why they didn't make the UI the same as Office 2007 for Windows, which I find very impressive.

I use 2007 at work. And there are things I don't like about the UI. Mainly I HATE how it is all blue and it is so hard to tell if you have a message open on top of outlook it is hard to tell them apart.

I don't like that part. As for 2007 as a whole, it is ok. There are some little things that bug me.

jTm

 

[methodmano]

I find it horrible and extremely hard to use, but that's just me.

I also don't see the benefit of 'giving it time to learn it'. In businesses, nobody is going to lose 2 weeks of productivity just to get used to some fancy ribbon interface.

Hooray for OpenOffice. At least that looks and works in relation to how I expect it to. 😀

It shouldn't take 2 weeks to get to know the new UI. I'll give you a day max. The benefit is that it's increased my work productivity based solely on the UI and feature enhancements.

I use 2007 at work. And there are things I don't like about the UI. Mainly I HATE how it is all blue and it is so hard to tell if you have a message open on top of outlook it is hard to tell them apart.

I don't like that part. As for 2007 as a whole, it is ok. There are some little things that bug me.

jTm

I'm not a Windows fanboy, but you can change the color from blue pretty easily. Not sure what you mean about the message on top.

 

[mac4matt]

I use 2007 at work. And there are things I don't like about the UI. Mainly I HATE how it is all blue and it is so hard to tell if you have a message open on top of outlook it is hard to tell them apart.

I don't like that part. As for 2007 as a whole, it is ok. There are some little things that bug me.

jTm

You can change it to all black or silver in options. I like it black.