Office 12 Exposed

damieng writes "The Programmers Developer Conference (PDC) has unveiled the user interface for Microsoft Office 12. Bearing more than a passing resemblance to Aqua and brushed metal looks from Mac OS X the menus now appear to operate more like a tab popping-out the right toolbar instead of a sub-menu."

Comments

Re:even worse are misleading options

[Psykechan]

Check out this picture and despair.

Will be saved in: MS Word Document
File Type: C:\Users\Pat\Documents

If they can't figure out what goes where while they are rearranging the save dialog, what hope do the end users have of finding things.

Re:Office 12 and Windows Stability

[Zemplar]

You must be new here. It's always Windows fault.

Re:Office Vista?

[cashman73]

7 versions of office might actually work, or perhaps better yet, 7 versions of Clippy, representing different demographic subtypes:

• Southern Clippy: "I see y'all are tryin' to write a lett-uh! Do ya need some help?"
• Ghetto Clippy: "Looks like you be tryin' to write a letter! Maybe we can help ya out, bitch!"
• British Clippy: "I see you are trying to write a letter. Let's work on that together, but right after our afternoon tea."
• Chinese Clippy: "I see you're trying to write a letter. Sorry, that option is not available to users of Windows Vista Starter Edition. Not to mention that the Communist party has banned communication anyways."
• Australian Clippy: "Ya tryin' to write a letter, mate! Alright, let's get started!"
• Iraqi Clippy: "Are you trying to write a letter bomb? Let me help you. First, what national leader do you want to target today?"

Re:Office Vista?

[athakur999]

Ricer Clippy: "Yo, I see you're writing a paper. It'd look mad tight if you changed the font of the title to Wing Dings and made it bright red."