http://ntschutta.com/jat/2006/02/14/the-future-of-user-interfaces/ Just A Thought...on Ajax, usability, software development and anything else that catches my fancy. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:53:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://ntschutta.com/jat/2006/02/14/the-future-of-user-interfaces/comment-page-1/#comment-130 ntschutta.com » Blog Archive » Office 12 UI Wed, 08 Mar 2006 02:46:14 +0000 http://ntschutta.com/jat/?p=82#comment-130 [...] I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time getting excited about Office - sure, I use Word, Excel and PowerPoint daily but for the last, well, decade, there really hasn’t been anything to get too worked up about. That said, today I watched something that really got my attention. While I realize this isn’t the freshest of news items, the video from Channel 9 (gotta love Robert Scoble) on Office 12 has been kicking around our offices lately and to tell you the truth - it really is quite something (maybe not quite as exciting as the multi touch interface, but c’mon, this is a business application). The live preview idea is fantastic; (feels rather Ajaxy if I do say so myself!) I can’t tell you how many times I’ve done something only to hit Undo… I also really like the clean UI - it sure looks like it’s a much better approach. Bravo! [...] [...] I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time getting excited about Office – sure, I use Word, Excel and PowerPoint daily but for the last, well, decade, there really hasn’t been anything to get too worked up about. That said, today I watched something that really got my attention. While I realize this isn’t the freshest of news items, the video from Channel 9 (gotta love Robert Scoble) on Office 12 has been kicking around our offices lately and to tell you the truth – it really is quite something (maybe not quite as exciting as the multi touch interface, but c’mon, this is a business application). The live preview idea is fantastic; (feels rather Ajaxy if I do say so myself!) I can’t tell you how many times I’ve done something only to hit Undo… I also really like the clean UI – it sure looks like it’s a much better approach. Bravo! [...]

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