WSJ's Walt Mossberg likes Office 2007

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Walt's right, but he's the Fox News of computing?

Never known Mossberg to be fair or balanced in any sense, as I've read him trash good programs over the years and as the previous reader noted, reactively praise all things apple. I have no respect for his opinion on anything. However, he's right about Office 07 ? the learning curve and poor proprietary format (OXML) is not worth the upgrade. Of all the reviewers and users (at least according to the MS Office team), apparently I was the only one who knew how to use Word and Excel and could find its features. Everyone else had no idea the the programs had menus, dialogs, toolbars, keyboard shortcuts, and a Help file. I beta-tested Office 2007 with a dozen businesses over 2006 and not a single one by the end of the year said they would be upgrading to it. They cited cost first, but found that their users actually were restricted and persistently frustrated by the new interface, even over time.

Posted by: zaine_ridling   Posted on: 01/04/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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