tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22954374.post5838180628452948545..comments2023-10-17T05:09:58.097-07:00Comments on William Gallagher: Self Distract: Word don't come easyWilliam Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13315381474957511300noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22954374.post-71190733822181278572008-02-13T09:03:00.000-08:002008-02-13T09:03:00.000-08:00Absolutely - except that it's like having a truly,...Absolutely - except that it's like having a truly, truly incomprehensible first page of a script. Who'd read on? If they hadn't already bought it and had a choice?<BR/><BR/>Remember I came to this after a year of Microsoft's blogging about defining just what the customer needed: they got a thousand things right but they locked the front door so you couldn't see them.<BR/><BR/>This is why I wrote about this here; I think the last one percent can wreck a project. <BR/><BR/>I know it's easy to miss colossal errors because you're too close to your work, but hundreds of people saw that in Word 2007's builds - and didn't miss it. I didn't, I said it to 'em at the time. But still they did it which is rather a second strike against their claims of listening to customers.<BR/><BR/>What's the line? "If you must do this damn silly thing, don't do it in this damn silly way." It's a quote and I can't remember where from.<BR/><BR/>Bugger.<BR/><BR/>WilliamWilliam Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315381474957511300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22954374.post-52757756814775007612008-02-13T00:44:00.000-08:002008-02-13T00:44:00.000-08:00I had exactly the same bafflement with Word 2007 -...I had exactly the same bafflement with Word 2007 - it beggared belief that I couldn't find how to save/open/do anything. But once you know it's there, behind that all-purpose half-inch ball, it's fine, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Well, still a bit weird. But basically fine...Jason Arnopphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876042845400963850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22954374.post-76481266777118095942008-02-06T05:24:00.000-08:002008-02-06T05:24:00.000-08:00Word 2008 is so much faster I can forgive it. Woul...Word 2008 is so much faster I can forgive it. Wouldn't swap now, it's that responsive. Some macros I had to convert to AppleScript now run that fast I'm not always sure I've run them. <BR/><BR/>And spurious claims of the Galactica operating system fall on deaf ears here as that's the one where they're frakked if they use their network. <BR/><BR/>I have to use Outlook if I want that to happen. <BR/><BR/>WWilliam Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315381474957511300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22954374.post-20159143721549071802008-02-06T03:27:00.000-08:002008-02-06T03:27:00.000-08:00I'm really liking Word 2007. Haven't tried 2008 on...I'm really liking Word 2007. Haven't tried 2008 on my Mac yet.Piershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04682054203119052550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22954374.post-46786085152752231582008-02-06T00:58:00.000-08:002008-02-06T00:58:00.000-08:00Come on William, get with the time and go Open Sou...Come on William, get with the time and go Open Source! Look up Open Office for one, or try others out like AbiWord.<BR/><BR/>Does the same stuff as Word and is FREE! And they don't keep changing the interface to make it 'easier to use'!<BR/><BR/>I'm sure they use it on the Galactica so can you think of a higher recommendation? ;)Iainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09663723883272974785noreply@blogger.com