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Microsoft Accidentally Slips Office 2003 Beta Onto The Web
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| February 20, 2003
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Posted on 02/21/2003 3:30:12 PM PST by Dont Mention the War
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To: Petronski
Most people can read more quickly than they can spot an icon and interpret its intended use.
I disagree. People are much more attuned to icons than text.
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posted on
02/22/2003 10:10:07 PM PST
by
Bush2000
To: chilepepper
Glad to see that you agree that Microsoft is a ponzi scheme...
Clue: The whole stock market is a ponzi scheme, you dope. It doesn't reflect real value. It's a fantasy.
A $470 Billion valuation of Microsoft is absurd, but goes a long way in explaining M$'s outrageous licensing (which will ultimately doom the company)
I dunno. MS was one of the few companies in the software sector that made any money over the past couple years. Will they continue to make money in ten years? I don't know. But I wouldn't bet against a company with $40 to $50B in the bank and zero debt.
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posted on
02/22/2003 10:13:43 PM PST
by
Bush2000
To: Bush2000
Context matters. If I have an alphabetized list of menu items, then I can find what I want quickly. Of course when hitting the section of the menu where everything is prefixed by "Microsoft" then the little picture may speed it up. I tend to study the icons on my toolbar for several seconds before picking what I want, expecially since the icons are so similar and the nuisance penalty of bringing up the wrong application is so great! I can't just nip in the bud an unintended invocation of something like Outlook -- not even with ctl-alt-delete unless I am familiar with the underlying executable name of the application -- I have to wait for it to come all the way up, then dismiss it.
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posted on
02/22/2003 10:19:04 PM PST
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HiTech RedNeck
(more dangerous than an OrangeNeck)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Context matters. If I have an alphabetized list of menu items, then I can find what I want quickly.
Show me a popular application that alphabetizes their menus.
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posted on
02/23/2003 11:32:46 AM PST
by
Bush2000
To: Bush2000
Your very own dahling-Window$ will allow right-click Sort by Name of many menus that invoke from the Start menu. It's a touch of sanity. I always sort after installing a new application. But why that isn't permitted from all other M$ pull down menus is beyond me.
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posted on
02/23/2003 12:31:03 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(more dangerous than an OrangeNeck)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Your very own dahling-Window$ will allow right-click Sort by Name of many menus that invoke from the Start menu. It's a touch of sanity. I always sort after installing a new application. But why that isn't permitted from all other M$ pull down menus is beyond me.
I said show me a popular application. Take your pick. Give me a Linux app, if you prefer. I'll wait.
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posted on
02/23/2003 7:07:34 PM PST
by
Bush2000
To: Bush2000
Solaris configurable menus. You can put them in whatever order you want.
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posted on
02/23/2003 7:32:24 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(more dangerous than an OrangeNeck)
To: Petronski
Oh, I misunderstood. As far as I know, there is no way to get rid of those icons.
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posted on
02/23/2003 9:39:45 PM PST
by
DennisR
To: HiTech RedNeck
Solaris configurable menus. You can put them in whatever order you want.
I said a popular app. Not some dustbin relic.
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posted on
02/24/2003 12:26:34 AM PST
by
Bush2000
To: Bush2000
Solaris is in use today wherever a SERIOUS operating system is needed. Like for, say, 1000 GB of Oracle.
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posted on
02/24/2003 12:59:26 AM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(more dangerous than an OrangeNeck)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Solaris is in use today wherever a SERIOUS operating system is needed. Like for, say, 1000 GB of Oracle.
I said "popular application" -- not operating system. Not that tough to understand.
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posted on
02/24/2003 2:22:15 PM PST
by
Bush2000
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