__/ [ Sinister Midget ] on Wednesday 31 May 2006 07:45 \__
> On 2006-05-31, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted
> something concerning:
>> __/ [ Sinister Midget ] on Wednesday 31 May 2006 07:15 \__
>>
>>> On 2006-05-31, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted
>>> something concerning:
>>>> Title: Office 2007 beta logs 500,000 downloads in two days
>>>>
>>>> (note: Testing, *not* purchasing. Trying to see if OpenOffice will be
>>>> the better choice...)
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| "I'm not so sure that I'm thrilled with the new 'ribbon' interface.
>>>>| It's all bubbly and shiny, but it eats up a lot of my screen space,"
>>>>| designer Kevin Airgid wrote on his blog.
>>>>|
>>>>| Airgid asked Microsoft to devise a way to revert the user interface to
>>>>| its old, more familiar form, but the software giant has indicated that
>>>>| it will not supply such an option.
>>>>| Blogger Ollie Bradley, a 16-year-old student, also had some trouble
>>>>| adjusting to the new user interface.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>>
>>
http://www.vnunet.com.nyud.net:8090/vnunet/news/2157114/office-2007-beta-logs-500
>>>
>>> I guess this means it's better because it's intuitive?
>>>
>>> Right? Hello? Does anybody have an answer? Erik? Intuitive? Yes?
>>>
>>> I guess it *could* be intuitive. But it might be hard to tell if nobody
>>> wants to look at it.
>>>
>>> More:
>>>
>>> Bradley was impressed with the new blogging feature in Microsoft
>>> Word which allows authors to post their entries directly to their
>>> blogs with a single click.
>>>
>>> Great. First Front Page, allowing people who know nothing to advertise
>>> it to the world through crappy websites. Now this.
>>
>>
>> Crappy is one thing. Adverse to standards is another. Where is Larry
>> Qualig? He was part of the team that was responsible for this.
>>
>> The one-click blogging is not truly a feature. It is so simple to do
>> thorough XML-RPC interfaces. You can use your cellphone to blog using
>> WordPress (FOSS), for example.
>>
>>
>>> Wonder what else it does/will do with a single click.
>>
>>
>> No clicks needed. Word 2002 and 2003 are vulnerable with(out) minimal user
>> intervention. I think that the opening of E-mail is not a necessity
>> either. Speaking of which, a proof-of-concept virus exploiting StarOffice
>> macros was unveiled yesterday. That's just not how one builds a bridge.
>
> StarOffice? On Winders alone. or do others get to join in the fun for a
> change?
Sadly, no.
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/218
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| Stardust.A's image loading functionality should work on any
| platform--Windows, Mac or Linux--on which OpenOffice and StarOffice run.
`----
I tracked this down after reading:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,125917,00.asp
http://www.sysadmin.it/eng/news/news.asp?id=1585&titolo=Proof%20of%20Concept%20Virus%20for%20StarOffice%20Appears
This could also affect OpenOffice.
Best wishes,
Roy
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