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   From: kblake@kb.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:18:42 -0500, QuestionQuigley   
    wrote:   
      
      
   > It seems each version of Windows and MS Office has a new look and feel   
      
      
   I don't agree at all. Sometimes the changes *are* major, but other   
   times they are much more minor. It's certainly not "each version" that   
   has " a new look and feel."   
      
   For example, there is very little change in the interface between   
   Windows XP and Vista, or between Microsoft Office 2000 and 2003. And   
   even Windows 8, which many people think has a giant interface change   
   from Windows 7 is very different only if you want it to be. It's not   
   *just* the modern/metro interface; the old desktop interface is still   
   there and easy to switch to if you want to use it. I use Windows 8,   
   and use the old desktop interface almost exclusively; if you looked at   
   and used my computer. you'd have a hard time realizing that it was   
   Windows 8, not Windows 7.   
      
      
      
   > that causes many users to get lost. It is one thing to improve   
   > functionality, speed, and reliability, but it seems pointless to create   
   > new layouts and menus that result in users getting lost.   
      
      
   But I agree with you here. Sometimes Microsoft makes changes that are   
   not better or worse than what used to be, and seem to be done just to   
   make it different. But that's not very different from what   
   manufacturers of other products--for example automobiles--do.   
      
   Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP   
      
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