I'm free not to draw on other's people's experiences if that means I can stick with something I like. Just because I prefer drop-down menus doesn't mean that I'm some kind of luddite. I just hate ribbons!
Above all, I prefer a minimum of clutter on my screen - that means keyboard shortcuts and drop-down menus are the order of the day for me.
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The Ribbon bar concept frustrates me no end. There's a reason that in Windows I switch everything to "Classic" mode. Having grown up with DOS from 3.2, then to DOSSHELL, 3.1,9x and now XP, I like that the fundamental concepts haven't changed. Instead of floating icons that are "intelligently" moved around by the software, I would like to always have the ability to strip back the bells and whistles.
You'll take my File/Edit/View from my cold, dead hands.
This is a very good point. Youtube doesn't pose any realistic threat to UMG. Can anyone honestly say they've seen or heard something on Youtube in preference to buying it? I see YT as the latest incarnation of friends swapping tapes amongst each other.
I think they're just bitter because they've missed the boat.
How will this affect the $100 laptop from Quanta? This Digitimes Systems article from August 31st talks about how they aim to ship ten million units during 2007:
Quanta will not categorize orders for the US$100 notebooks under its general notebook business, said Wang, noting that production for the US$100 laptop project will initially take place in Changshu, Jiangsu province (China), where Quanta mainly fulfills orders for its non-notebook products.
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Above all, I prefer a minimum of clutter on my screen - that means keyboard shortcuts and drop-down menus are the order of the day for me.
Print view is your friend.
You'll take my File/Edit/View from my cold, dead hands.
Personally I wouldn't want to be associated with AOL in any way, shape or form.
(to quote qdb.us) I need to go and reboot me ship!
This is a very good point. Youtube doesn't pose any realistic threat to UMG. Can anyone honestly say they've seen or heard something on Youtube in preference to buying it? I see YT as the latest incarnation of friends swapping tapes amongst each other. I think they're just bitter because they've missed the boat.
http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20060831A2004.ht ml/
I know 10m is a global figure, but even so, I'm sure more than a few thousand (per the TechFreep article) of those would end up in Chinese schools.