The Elephant in the Room

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re: The Elephant in the Room

Phil Weber — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:35:00 GMT

On the other hand, consider Apple: Zero transparency (going so far as to sue Web sites that publish leaked information), yet its iPod/iTunes/iPhone ecosystem is doing quite well, thankyouverymuch.

If the keepers of the vision are in touch with reality, transparency becomes much less critical. This issue is not transparency, it's that the decision makers at Microsoft have lost touch with reality.

re: The Elephant in the Room

Eilert — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:18:07 GMT

Sorry for your comments about Office 2007. I have been using this version for some time now and I do'nt want to use and see any other version again.

Accessibility

@ Head — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:03:22 GMT

I was reading Kathleen's recent blog entry about Office and Windows and accessibility. Kathleen was

re: The Elephant in the Room

Kathleen — Thu, 22 May 2008 04:31:37 GMT

Um, the following line is missing a key concept:

"_If you can't use a mouse,_ let’s have the only discoverable way to make italics be Alt-H, Alt-2."

re: The Elephant in the Room

Green One — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:55:46 GMT

You are a brilliant lady that is what attracted me to your blog. In this blog; I do not see the point of you writing this other than just because you can. What new information did you intend to expose... everything in the blog is- Duh! Microsoft Word UI sux- Duh! Microsoft job is to make money- Duh! By the way, do not be surprise if Microsoft Word UI becomes the standard look; folks always complain about new technology prior to becoming supporter. Just look how SQL Server begun.