For reasons of political correctness I try not to publish my strong opinions of worldly matters on the blog. However, Bill Gates latest release has wound me up so much I can't help myself.
The world has come to expect that any new MS product will be slower and less stable to begin with, but in time faster computers and improved functionality will make it all worth while. After works recent 'upgrade' to 2007 I am afraid that Word, Excel, Outlook etc will never be the same again.
That it is significantly slower and less stable than the norm for Microsoft upgrades is not my major bugbear. The complete abscence of menus and the introduction tabs and icons in their place is.
I don't believe that most 'advanced' users need some stupid icon which tries to explain the functionality of 'Macros' or 'Text to columns'. I wasted my first day working with Excel
2007 with a splitting headache from trying to find functions that used to be a couple of clicks away as they always have been.
Halfway through my second day of frustration, I got so annoyed that, for my sanity and my laptops safety, the IT manager at work kindly lent me the office 2003 discs so that I could take the significant leap forwards from 2007 back to 2003.
From my first day sitting infront of Windows 3.1 Office products have had 'File', 'Edit', 'View' and so on familiarly appearing at the top of the screen. Why after nearly 2 decades should this need to change. I have read that it will take an 'advanced user' between 6 months and 1 year to re-learn MS Office. I believe this to be true.
So, when offered an upgrade, refuse point blank and hope that Microsoft have got over this nonsense by the next upgrade.
Microsoft, this time you really have got it worng.
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