I can't help myself. Reading the comments from techno-dynosaurs who think any change to a UI is a mistake really pisses me off (I'm sorry that I couldn't think of a more clever description). You have already spent more time complaining than you would retraining yourself, unless you are just stupid. You insult other people when you complain how much retraining "they" will need, when it is apparently "you" who isn't smart enough to figure out a few simple changes in the UI.
"The entire user interface,... , has been thrown out".
Did they throw out the part where you click in the big white area and hit keys and letters pop up? How about the backspace key? Does that work differently? pgup and pgdn? delete? Since it is Micro$oft, they probably did screw those things up.
Thank you, danheskett. I read reply after reply hoping to find one sane voice. I'm glad that I persisted and found your message.
To your wisdom, I would add only the following:
Of everyone crying out for government intervention I ask, what makes you think that more laws or government regulation will improve software quality? If we declare a "War on Computer Insecurity", it will be exactly as successful as the "War on Poverty" and the "War on Drugs", and a half dozen other government "Wars". If you think the "War on Terrorism" is successful, give it some time.
If you want more secure software, stop buying and using less secure software. We have this love-hate relationship with government. On one hand, we scorn government as inept and we demand that it stay out of OUR lives. On the other hand, we want government to protect us, to solve our every problem. Incredibly, we convince ourselves that the same government that can't do anything right will surely protect us this time.
Grow up. Our government does very little well, and regulating software quality is not one of them.
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I can't help myself. Reading the comments from techno-dynosaurs who think any change to a UI is a mistake really pisses me off (I'm sorry that I couldn't think of a more clever description). You have already spent more time complaining than you would retraining yourself, unless you are just stupid. You insult other people when you complain how much retraining "they" will need, when it is apparently "you" who isn't smart enough to figure out a few simple changes in the UI.
"The entire user interface, ... , has been thrown out".
Did they throw out the part where you click in the big white area and hit keys and letters pop up? How about the backspace key? Does that work differently? pgup and pgdn? delete? Since it is Micro$oft, they probably did screw those things up.
Thank you, danheskett. I read reply after reply hoping to find one sane voice. I'm glad that I persisted and found your message. To your wisdom, I would add only the following: Of everyone crying out for government intervention I ask, what makes you think that more laws or government regulation will improve software quality? If we declare a "War on Computer Insecurity", it will be exactly as successful as the "War on Poverty" and the "War on Drugs", and a half dozen other government "Wars". If you think the "War on Terrorism" is successful, give it some time. If you want more secure software, stop buying and using less secure software. We have this love-hate relationship with government. On one hand, we scorn government as inept and we demand that it stay out of OUR lives. On the other hand, we want government to protect us, to solve our every problem. Incredibly, we convince ourselves that the same government that can't do anything right will surely protect us this time. Grow up. Our government does very little well, and regulating software quality is not one of them.