Office 12: Beta 1-derful: The 'Top 30' List
If you've been reading geeky magazines lately, you will have noticed that the next version of Microsoft Office is being released next year. Code names "Office 12," it has been touted as the most significant upgrade or redevelopment of Office ever...or at least in a long time. I'm inclined to agree! I for the last several weeks I've been involved in the beta test of this new version and am loving it. While I can't talk about all that is the new products, I can repost what Microsofties have been saying about it.
Jensen Harris is probably one of the most prolific MS (technical) bloggers writing today about Office 12. A couple of weeks ago he put together a list of the most significant articles on the new version. If you're interested in learning more about the new user interface, check these out:
Consider this list a "best-of" from my first two months of blogging.
Posts about the Ribbon and how it works:
- Enter the Ribbon
- It's All About Context
- Dialog Launchers
- Why is it called the Ribbon?
- Stroking the Keys in Office 12
- Scaling Up, Scaling Down
- A Disappearing Act
Posts about Galleries, Formatting, and Results-Oriented Design:
- I'm In Louvre! (Galleries: Part 1 of 3)
- Visualize Whirled Peas (Galleries: Part 2 of 3)
- Results-Oriented Design (Galleries: Part 3 of 3)
- Formatting: An Act In Three Plays
- Saddle Up to the MiniBar
Why did we make a new UI for Office 12?
- The Why of the New UI (Part 1)
- Ye Olde Museum Of Office Past (Why the UI, Part 2)
- Combating the Perception of Bloat (Why the UI, Part 3)
- New Rectangles to the Rescue? (Why the UI, Part 4)
- Tipping the Scale (Why the UI, Part 5)
- Inside Deep Thought (Why the UI, Part 6)
- No Distaste for Paste (Why the UI, Part 7)
- Grading On the Curve (Why the UI, Part 8)
The philosophies, ideas, and design tenets behind the new UI:
- Mythbusters: The Office 12 New UI
- Be Willing To Be Wrong
- What programs get the new Office UI?
- Most People Are Not Trained In Geology
- The Importance Of Labels
- For Sale By Owner
Usability techniques and validation of the new UI:
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