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Office 2007: From bloated to sleek | |
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| Time: 06:56 EST/11:56 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: John Quigley | ||
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Life has a funny symmetry, don't you think? When you're born, you're short, toothless and bald. You spend the first part of your life gaining height, teeth and hair--and the last part losing them again. Believe it or not, Microsoft Office is following the same trajectory. (This might sound like the stretched analogy of the year, but bear with me.) Microsoft spent the first dozen years of Office's life piling on new features. Over time, the humble word processor called Word became a photo editor, a Web-design program and a dessert topping. Not one person in a hundred used those extra features. Still, we kept buying the upgrades, thanks to our innate fondness for unnecessary power (see also: SUVs). | ||
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| #1 By 1401 (69.27.196.125) at 1/22/2007 8:32:44 AM |
| AWBrian is still short and bald - he's working on the toothless part... |
| #2 By 7390 (69.113.155.216) at 1/22/2007 10:20:53 AM |
| #1, the only thing worse would be if he was an Apple computer user wearing tight european pants and flipflops |
| #3 By 1401 (69.27.196.125) at 1/22/2007 11:10:32 AM |
| Well, the only pants that would be tight on him would be the same size as my 4 year old son wears. And since he can't get Apple software for free, he's not a Mac user... |
| #4 By 37 (76.210.78.134) at 1/22/2007 11:12:59 AM |
| sigh....you act younger than my 7 year old son. BTW, Jenny Craig called for you. |
| #5 By 1401 (69.27.196.125) at 1/22/2007 11:30:02 AM |
| Look, I told Jenny to quit calling me. I mean, she's hot and all that, but she's worn out. I'm with Jessica Simpson now. Why can't she get that thru her thick skull? |
| #6 By 1401 (69.27.196.125) at 1/22/2007 11:33:03 AM |
| Sorry AWBrian - I know it's not PC to make fun of homosexuals, er, I mean, the heterosexually challenged, but it's sooo funny... |
| #7 By 23275 (172.16.10.31) at 1/22/2007 12:12:52 PM |
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#5, 6, the best one I ever heard was a guy who said... "Thanks to that Elizabeth Montgomery lady who played Samantha on Bewitched... I pretty much knew what team I was playing on by about age 6..." - it was really funny - since about every kid I knew in the 60's had the exact same crush on Ms. Montgomery - myself, included. [a radio announcer to Glenn Beck on CNN].
Those that didn't...? well... we weren't sophisticated enough at the time to understand why not... |
| #8 By 1401 (69.27.196.125) at 1/22/2007 12:28:24 PM |
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I know what you're talking about #7 - but I don't think I've ever seen the show.
I grew up wanting to tap the girls on Married with Children and Who's the Boss. I think AWBrian had a crush on Gilligan... |
| #9 By 37 (76.210.78.134) at 1/22/2007 12:36:59 PM |
| Actually, I was all about Mary Ann. |
| #10 By 1401 (69.27.196.125) at 1/22/2007 12:39:11 PM |
| What about the chicks on 90210? Oh man! I must have lots gallons of bodily fluid over those chicks... |
| #11 By 1401 (69.27.196.125) at 1/22/2007 12:44:23 PM |
| Funny things is, I used to drive by the house where they filmed 90210 all the time when I was in high school. I never saw any of the actors, but there were kids hanging out there all the time. If I could have only hooked up with Kelly or Brenda... |
| #12 By 65179 (221.128.147.145) at 1/22/2007 2:28:55 PM |
| But Word still lacks typographic features like Pages or InDesign. It's HTML and web standards rendering sucks. Publisher and PowerPoint should be built on top of WPF. There's plenty to do, if MS really is wondering what to add in the next version. |
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