(Slightly OT) Any up to date comparisons of Word and Frame

[Callie Bertsche]

*Slightly off-topic*

For the record, although I agree that FM is far and away the more
professional and versatile tool for extended publications, I have been
won over to MS Word's ribbon. I also used to think of it as unintuitive
- but after watching the video below and studying their UI design, I
think that the steep learning curve and alternate way of thinking are
the rough part, but after you learn to think of the tools visually
rather than textually, the ribbon becomes more powerful than the older
menus, and intuitive. Some will say that if you need a video or other
training to understand the ribbon, it is not intuitive; rather, I think
that we can use a video, training, or working with the ribbon long
enough to shift our thinking from primarily textual to primarily visual.
As a mac user first and always (when not at work), I still applaud MS
for thinking outside the box on this one.

Intriguing video (click on one of the "Story of the Ribbon" links on
this blog):

<http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2008/03/12/the-story-of-the-ribbo
n.aspx>

Cheers and in good humor,

Callie Bertsche
Tecplot, Inc.

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>>Message: 19
>>Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:41:03 -0600
>>From: "Spectrum Writing " <SpectrumWriting at q.com>
>>Subject: RE: Any up to date comparisons of Word and Frame
>>As for 2007 - I agree about how non-intuitive the ribbons are, which
just
>>adds to the time. Finding a command that was once one click, maybe two
>>clicks at most is now three to four, if it's even where you would
expect to
>>find it, is the norm with this blasted ribbon.
>>My two cents worth,
>>TVB