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RE: The coming predominance of user experience and technicalcommunications
Subject:RE: The coming predominance of user experience and technicalcommunications From:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com> To:"Beth Agnew" <Beth -dot- Agnew -at- senecac -dot- on -dot- ca>, "techwr-l" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:33:07 -0600
Beth Agnew wrote:
> Ergonomic and usable designs of interfaces are sorely needed.
> Microsoft could be commended for being brave enough to take
> that step. However, they seemed to forget the user in the
> process. How hard is it to give the user the option of
> selecting the classic interface or the new one?
Apparently, quite a few people have asked that question. Google "office
2007 classic menus" (sans quotes).
Richard
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Polycom, Inc.
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303-223-5111
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