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Re: [News] Office 2007 "Ribbon" Interface a Usability Nightmare?

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:31:26 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> Poor Design by Microsoft - "Save As" Button in 2007 Excel has been located!
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| In an experiment 4 out of 5 users took longer than 2 minutes to find
>| the SAVE AS button. And 3 of those users needed to use the PAPER CLIP
>| (CLIPPY). This is clearly poor design upon Microsoft. They never think
>| about the end user. The menu structure is horrific and it has been
>| proven inefficient!
> `----
> 
> http://www.fumbled.org/2007/04/20/poor-design-by-microsoft-save-as-button-in-2007-excel-has-been-located/

The article might be believable if it weren't for one thing.

Office 2007 doesn't have Clippy, or any other assistant as in older
versions.

Not to mention:

http://coderjournal.com/2007/04/fumbled-fumbles-on-the-microsoft-excel-save-as-issue/

> This received a lot of attention yesterday.

Yes, for being retarded.

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