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Subject:RE: Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 From:quills -at- airmail -dot- net To:"Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>, "Sarah Blake" <Sarah -dot- Blake -at- microfocus -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:28:53 -0600
And as a separate editorial comment upon their changes, they went for
eye candy and the mistaken belief that all icons is easier to use. It
isn't. You also lose screen real estate with the larger amount of
space that the GUI interface now requires.
At 8:05 AM -0800 11/4/08, Leonard C. Porrello wrote:
>Your inferential leap is too big for me, so I don't see how your
>conclusion follows.
>
>I need to see the steps between "If they did tailor Word
>for the casual user, and not the professional power user" and "it
>is TOTALLY unsuited to our needs".
>
>Leonard
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