"BearItAll" <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1188287765.5241.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> jim wrote:
>
>>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:2240001.kJoGnA36Z1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Partners Fix Up Office 2007 and Windows Vista
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | On Friday, Addintools, based in Hai-nan, China released Classic Menu
>>> | for Office 2007, after more than six months of beta testing. The user
>>> interface
>>> | enhancement does what Office 2007 can't: Revert to the Office 2003
>>> look
>>> and
>>> | feel.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
> http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/channel/partners_fix_up_office_2007_and_windows_vista.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
>>>
>>>
>>> Recent:
>>>
>>> Why Microsoft's ribbon sucks
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Bottom line, I have a lot of respect for Microsoft and many of the
>>> | outstanding people that work there (e.g. Bill Buxton).
>>> |
>>> | But the new ribbon sucks.
>>> |
>>> | I've been using it daily for months (Word, Powerpoint, Excel), and I
>>> | consistently stumble on the same functions over and over again. I
>>> doubt
>>> I
>>> | will ever master it. And I'm an interface designer!
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.dexodesign.com/2007/08/why-microsofts-ribbon-sucks.html
>>
>> This does bring up a simple question that can be asked of many Linux
>> arenas
>> as well as of Redmond... Has no one read Steve Krug's excellent book
>> "Don't
>> Make Me Think"? It is primarily about web UI design but is just as
>> relevant to desktop UIs.
>>
>
> Microsoft did a very in depth study of user interfaces, colours, patterns
> etc. It was a simmilar document to the MOD human interfaces document. The
> MS one was published piece, if I remember correctly it came out at the
> time
> of Win3.1. I know that it formed a part, at least in note form, of the
> MSDN
> CDs, so if you have those you probably have at least part of that
> document.
>
> It was heavy reading, but it did make a great deal of sense. I used that
> as
> a guide for many years for what ever platform or display unit that I
> programmed for.
>
> But now that graphics and displays are better I sometimes wonder if the
> same
> study could yeild even better results than the orriginal document. With
> better colour definition/shading available as well as better physical
> human
> interfaces.
I think they should revisit that type of UI study. Use everyday users
(across the globe) instead of MS employees.
Today, the inmates are running the asylum...and it shows.
jim
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