The Glade 4.0

"Turn the lights down, the party just got wilder."
It is currently Sun Nov 24, 2024 11:01 am

View unanswered posts | View active topics


Board index » The Glade » Tech

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]



Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 2 of 2
  [ 34 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2
  Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
Author Message
zxczxcf
 Post subject: Re:
PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:26 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:52 pm
Posts: 57
Location: Somerville, MA
Lenas wrote:
Being familiarized with Vista still would have helped ease into Windows 7. Going from XP to 7 is a pretty drastic change.


How so? All versions of Windows are mostly the same thing but Windows 7 has better performance and 64bit support. More driver support too I guess.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Lenas
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:38 pm 
Offline
Web Ninja
User avatar

Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:32 pm
Posts: 8248
Location: The Tunt Mansion
Completely overhauled user interface in some places as well as neat things that a lot of people don't utilize enough, like start menu searching.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Talya
 Post subject: Re:
PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:52 pm 
Offline
Oberon's Playground
User avatar

Joined: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:11 am
Posts: 9449
Location: Your Dreams
Lenas wrote:
Completely overhauled user interface in some places as well as neat things that a lot of people don't utilize enough, like start menu searching.



Meh. Windows 7 and Vista have pretty much the same interface. One is not a significantly more drastic interface change than the other. The main difference between them appears to be Windows 7 doesn't suck ***, performance-wise.

_________________
Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
█ ♣ █
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Corolinth
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:09 pm 
Offline
Manchurian Mod
User avatar

Joined: Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:40 am
Posts: 5866
The UI in Win7 is vastly improved over Vista, and much more functional. The differences between the two interfaces might be minor, but they really go a long way.

_________________
Buckle your pants or they might fall down.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Sasandra
 Post subject: Re:
PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:38 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:09 pm
Posts: 614
Location: Salem, MA
Kaffis Mark V wrote:
The ribbon's fine. It actually effectively crams more options into a more readily accessible space. The only reason people hate it is because they haven't memorized what's where, yet. People hated menus when they didn't know what was where, too.


Even having everything properly memorized it's still a lot of unnecessary steps from before, old version, click menu button, new ribbon click ribbon tab, click button, click ribbon tab to go back to previous tab, it's simply less efficient.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Talya
 Post subject: Re: Re:
PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:05 am 
Offline
Oberon's Playground
User avatar

Joined: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:11 am
Posts: 9449
Location: Your Dreams
Sasandra wrote:
Kaffis Mark V wrote:
The ribbon's fine. It actually effectively crams more options into a more readily accessible space. The only reason people hate it is because they haven't memorized what's where, yet. People hated menus when they didn't know what was where, too.


Even having everything properly memorized it's still a lot of unnecessary steps from before, old version, click menu button, new ribbon click ribbon tab, click button, click ribbon tab to go back to previous tab, it's simply less efficient.


Yeah, there are more clicks involved. It was rarely more than two in Office 2003.

_________________
Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
█ ♣ █
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
zxczxcf
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:45 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:52 pm
Posts: 57
Location: Somerville, MA
Office 2003 was great. I don't understand why they had to mess with everything instead of continually updating 2003.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Darkroland
 Post subject: Re:
PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:55 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:40 am
Posts: 4281
zxczxcf wrote:
Office 2003 was great. I don't understand why they had to mess with everything instead of continually updating 2003.


Because incremental upgrades does not a purchase make.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Aethien
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:25 pm 
Offline
Mountain Man
User avatar

Joined: Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:15 pm
Posts: 3374
And, hey, lots of us need to stay employed supporting this stuff, you know?

I use OpenOffice at home, for the most part.

_________________
This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 2 of 2
  [ 34 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2

Board index » The Glade » Tech

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 159 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group