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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Well, the computing landscape has changed quite a bit. Most devices are connected these days and sharing data is much more ubiquitous.
Oh, and the newest Word does have many features that make it worth while... especially for someone that lives in it day in and out. In place previews is one quick thing that comes to mind.
The main reason for the Ribbon was to make features more discoverable. The majority of Word feature requests were stuff the software could already do, but people couldn't find it on the deep hierarchical menu.
Of course, an antique car should not be your primary means of transportation. For one they release much more CO2 and noxious gases into the environment. Secondly, they are no where near as safe as todays cars. Sure, keep your antique car, but know that it is mostly to look at and take a short afternoon drive in.
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<shrug> I always keep 2 machines, one sterile (no commuication attached to anything) and one dirty - Internet connected. For my sterile machine, extra communication means nothing. For the dirty one, why have two different OS's. It gets confusing. and the old one still does the job for me.
Is it better to know one interface well, or keep relearning a new one every 3 years?
As to Ribbon, I have to use it at work. I find it more confusing that the older interface. <shrug> I don't live in Word, and I don't use 98% of the feature it has. Adding a boatload of new features I'll never use isn't reason enough for me to go through the interface learning curve.
As to the car analogy, old software isn't going to kill me more that the new software, and quite frankly, the old software uses
Less resources. They had to use less resources because back in the day, the computers
had less resources. So I use Acer Aspire Revo 1600 Atom based machines. each one pulls less the 40 watts. And cost $200 each. And should last 10 years.
Why is frugal and familar so bad?