"One of the most compelling reasons to move to Office 2007 is the new simplified user interface, something called the Ribbon. It lets you get at far more of the power of the product."
I used office 2007 beta for sometime and let me just say the interface is nothing to be desired. It's bloated and not very well thought out at all. Nothing seems to be where it should be and like the entire Vista OS things just seem to be more complicated when they really don't need to in order to attempt to achieve a certain degree of "eye-candy" while in reality really sacrificing usability.
Microsoft just doesn't get it, or maybe they do and don't really care. Businesses certainly have no need to switch to 2007 if they are using 2003 or even 2000 for that matter. I see no benefits that it could bring about and the learning curve required to teach the new interface will only bring about a lose in time and money.
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I used office 2007 beta for sometime and let me just say the interface is nothing to be desired. It's bloated and not very well thought out at all. Nothing seems to be where it should be and like the entire Vista OS things just seem to be more complicated when they really don't need to in order to attempt to achieve a certain degree of "eye-candy" while in reality really sacrificing usability.
Microsoft just doesn't get it, or maybe they do and don't really care. Businesses certainly have no need to switch to 2007 if they are using 2003 or even 2000 for that matter. I see no benefits that it could bring about and the learning curve required to teach the new interface will only bring about a lose in time and money.