From: Mike '/m' 

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:07:33 -0700, "Rich"  wrote:

>
>   You sure do like to complain alot.

I don't like to do it at all, indeed I'd much rather compliment software
than criticize it.  However, when I see mediocre software, I tend to note
its problems.

The problems with Outlook that I've mentioned here (and the problems with
MS Word and MS Excel that I've mentioned earlier) are a lot more pronounced
to me because I was recently upgraded from Office '97 to Office 2003.  
Office '97 worked well for me.  I have posted here more
than once that MS Excel '97 was one of my all-time favorite applications.

I can now understand why users are so reluctant to move to the newer
versions of MS Office --- in more than a few areas, it is a step backwards
in the ease with which I can do my job.  And the screen-cluttering
eye-candy of the recent MS Office apps is downright annoying.

And it is not just me.  Our Accounting department was on MS Office '98 for
the MAC.  When they were upgraded to the latest version of MS Office for
the MAC, they also noticed a *drastic* slowdown in the performance of MS
Excel.  As I mentioned, this is the accounting department.    They
are less than pleased that they paid for an upgrade that was a regression
in performance.  Needless to say, our CFO is not going to look kindly upon
future MS app upgrades....

 /m

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