change for the sake of change equals crummy UI decisions

[spatch]

We've secretly replaced the old "working" version of the Microsoft Office suite in this workplace with Office 2007. Let's see if anybody notices.

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Well, the widespread retching and cries of "Has someone figured out how to turn off the Fisher-Price buttons yet?" echoing up and down the cubicle walls definitely seem to indicate that somebody's noticed.

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[silenceleigh.livejournal.com]

Actually, it was a big push inside the Office team for better keyboard accessibility. Basically, they realized that the ribbon was less accessible for people with certain disabilities, and thus made customizable keybindings for everything.

It takes about five hours of using the product for people who are used to the old interface to go from "WAAAAAH can't find anything" to "Hm, actually, almost everything I need is located on one of two ribbons."

Disclaimer: I used to work on the Office team, doing developer help production. I don't any more, but I do like Office 2007.