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I seen they are changing the look of the Office Suite... at least the ribbon/bar. I can't find the link atm, but I think it'll be much better now, at least IMO.

wrx7m

@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

I seen they are changing the look of the Office Suite... at least the ribbon/bar. I can't find the link atm, but I think it'll be much better now, at least IMO.

Please post when you find it. I am interested to see it.

Obsolesce

@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

I seen they are changing the look of the Office Suite... at least the ribbon/bar. I can't find the link atm, but I think it'll be much better now, at least IMO.

Please post when you find it. I am interested to see it.

https://rcpmag.com/blogs/scott-bekker/2018/06/changes-to-office-ribbon-search.aspx

momurda

@obsolesce Not really changes to the ribbon, they are actually moving back to menus.

wrx7m

@momurda said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@obsolesce Not really changes to the ribbon, they are actually moving back to menus.

Interesting. I wonder if it was because people were losing too much real estate on smaller screens, like the 2-in-1s.

Kelly

Microsoft Teams is now free: https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-teams-now-available-use-free. I haven't used it, so I don't know how good it is, but if nothing else it will push Slack to innovate.

wrx7m

@kelly said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Microsoft Teams is now free: https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-teams-now-available-use-free. I haven't used it, so I don't know how good it is, but if nothing else it will push Slack to innovate.

Our customer service team is just starting to use it. They seem to like it, but it's only been a week.

DustinB3403

@kelly said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Microsoft Teams is now free: https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-teams-now-available-use-free. I haven't used it, so I don't know how good it is, but if nothing else it will push Slack to innovate.

We have it, but I have no need to use it. It's just using memory on my system. The interface is weird at a minimum and the program is just clunky.

scottalanmiller

@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@momurda said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@obsolesce Not really changes to the ribbon, they are actually moving back to menus.

Interesting. I wonder if it was because people were losing too much real estate on smaller screens, like the 2-in-1s.

More likely it was a big selling point of competitors that they didn't use the ribbon that so many people disliked.

wrx7m

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@momurda said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@obsolesce Not really changes to the ribbon, they are actually moving back to menus.

Interesting. I wonder if it was because people were losing too much real estate on smaller screens, like the 2-in-1s.

More likely it was a big selling point of competitors that they didn't use the ribbon that so many people disliked.

But quite a few other applications followed suit to make their apps look similar. Off the top of my head, Nitro PDF was one.

scottalanmiller

@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@momurda said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@obsolesce Not really changes to the ribbon, they are actually moving back to menus.

Interesting. I wonder if it was because people were losing too much real estate on smaller screens, like the 2-in-1s.

More likely it was a big selling point of competitors that they didn't use the ribbon that so many people disliked.

But quite a few other applications followed suit to make their apps look similar. Off the top of my head, Nitro PDF was one.

Yeah, lots that people don't like either

wrx7m

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@momurda said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@obsolesce Not really changes to the ribbon, they are actually moving back to menus.

Interesting. I wonder if it was because people were losing too much real estate on smaller screens, like the 2-in-1s.

More likely it was a big selling point of competitors that they didn't use the ribbon that so many people disliked.

But quite a few other applications followed suit to make their apps look similar. Off the top of my head, Nitro PDF was one.

Yeah, lots that people don't like either

lol

travisdh1

@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@wrx7m said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@momurda said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@obsolesce Not really changes to the ribbon, they are actually moving back to menus.

Interesting. I wonder if it was because people were losing too much real estate on smaller screens, like the 2-in-1s.

More likely it was a big selling point of competitors that they didn't use the ribbon that so many people disliked.

But quite a few other applications followed suit to make their apps look similar. Off the top of my head, Nitro PDF was one.

Just because other products follow someone's lead, doesn't mean people (like me), like the change. Just look at how well Ubuntu did with their desktop interface mimicking Windows single interface for tablets and computers.

wrx7m

I don't mind the ribbon. It's probably that I got used to it. I know my users have. I expect something just shy of pandemonium when this gets pushed out.