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In message , "Ken Blake, 
MVP"  writes:
>On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:18:42 -0500, QuestionQuigley
> wrote:
>
>
>> It seems each version of Windows and MS Office has a new look and feel
>
>
>I don't agree at all. Sometimes the changes *are* major, but other
>times they are much more minor. It's certainly not "each version" that
>has " a new look and feel."
>
>For example, there is very little change in the interface between
>Windows XP and Vista, or between Microsoft Office 2000 and 2003. And

Agreed. But the change to Office 2007 and 2010 brought in the "ribbon", 
which most people seem to either love or hate (i. e. few are not 
bothered). [FWIW, I don't particularly like it, but don't hate it, 
provided I can slide it out of the way to get my screen space back, 
which I believe can be done.]

>even Windows 8, which many people think has a giant interface change
>from Windows 7 is very different only if you want it to be. It's not
>*just* the modern/metro interface; the old desktop interface is still
>there and easy to switch to if you want to use it. I use Windows 8,
>and use the old desktop interface almost exclusively; if you looked at
>and used my computer. you'd have a hard time realizing that it was
>Windows 8, not Windows 7.
>
>
>
>> that causes many users to get lost. It is one thing to improve
>> functionality, speed, and reliability, but it seems pointless to create
>> new layouts and menus that result in users getting lost.
>
>
>But I agree with you here. Sometimes Microsoft makes changes that are
>not better or worse than what used to be, and seem to be done just to
>make it different. But that's not very different from what
>manufacturers of other products--for example automobiles--do.

(-:

(Sometimes there must indeed be an element of just making it look new, 
but also sometimes it's a way of trying things genuinely new - some of 
which work, some of which don't, and no amount of trialling will really 
tell you which.)
>
>Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar{at}T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

No, I haven't changed my mind - I'm perfectly happy with the one I have, thank
you.
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