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Office 2003 Beta 2 Screen Shots

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the future-of-desktop-applications? dept.

frooyo writes "ActiveWin is displaying screenshots of Office 2003 Beta 2 including pictures of Outlook, Excel, Word etc. As seen by the screenshot - the task based interface is much more prominent. Also - Outlook's three-vertical-pane interface is now the default." Nice to get a head start on what we'll be cloning next year ;)

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  1. but by REBloomfield · · Score: 5, Interesting
    It's just a shame that they're remooving support for the legacy operating systems. New collaboration features will be a great benefit, as will the native XML support, so it seems like they're shooting themselves in the foot by removing older O/Ss from the requirements

    Although, as an active directory admin with a few Office 97 clients left in an office XP environment, Office 97 shoots right through my GPO lockdowns.... god knows why, it just bypasses all the security... so if this helps bring a unified base, then I'm all for it....

  2. imitation by eric6 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    For how much crap MS gets, they sure are imitated. Is this

    • flattery?
    • lack of creativity in interface design?
    • following the lead of a big company with lots of usability research?
    • a big bandwagon?
    • camoflage, to keep from scaring off [new] users of non-MS products?


    Personally, i like the office interface, but perhaps that's just because i'm so familiar with it.

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  3. Good thing Taco is an editor by ACNiel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    His ideas don't jive with the slashdot crowd. Sort of funny, in a way, how the people he attracted have taken his creation in an entirely different direction. Not totally different, but definitely more zealous than the creator.

    That comment about what will be cloned next year, if in a comment, would be labeled as flamebait or a troll. I find it refreshing that at least the editors realize certain realities.

    One of the main ones is that, yes the linux desktop borrows heavily from MS, and not the other way around, which a lot of people like to proclaim.