Office 365 design is horrible

[rusvik]

What a massive fail. The apps are impossible to look at without straining your eyes. No color, no theme change options, just shit design made for tablets. Horrible, what a massive fail. The blue font used in Outlook for unread messages is absolutely disgusting. I can't believe this piece of shit design got through user testing. I hope this kills Microsoft.

End rant.

 

[AdHustler]

windows 8 is horrible too - why cant miscrosoft just make things people already like BETTER rather then turning them into shit.

 

[r3p1v]

 

[rusvik]

windows 8 is horrible too - why cant miscrosoft just make things people already like BETTER rather then turning them into shit.

On the plus side, this is a perfect example of why smaller new firms can challenge big companies, where way too many clever people 'decide' something completely out of tune with their customers. I can just imagine the kind of idiots sitting around thinking up ways to copy Apple, because they all love their iphones. Dumbasses, I'm going to stick with normal Office light and Thunderbird.

 

[Fatbat]

windows 8 is horrible too - why cant miscrosoft just make things people already like BETTER rather then turning them into shit.

What exactly is horrible about it?

 

[TeeBird]

I put Windows 8 on my computer to give it a run through when I upgraded to an SSD. It is a completely different workflow for opening apps, but when you get it dialed in, it is fine.

I can see how those who hate change will be very frustrated with it though.

 

[contract]

I'm still using "legit" Windows Word 2003 or 2007? And there's zero reason to upgrade... If anything M$ has just made their products worse trying to innovate what already works...

You don't see Photoshop revamping their entire design each year... lol.

Windows 8? No thanks Jeff.

Also did M$ fix the Windows 8 problems with mutli-tasking with windows..?

All I want at the end of the day is Windows 7 stripped down minus all the bloat ware..

 

[-God-]

windows 8 is horrible too - why cant miscrosoft just make things people already like BETTER rather then turning them into shit.

It's one of the reasons why I went to Apple. I was annoyed at how each new version of Windows wasn't a slicker evolved version of a the previous one.

What they seem to do instead was bin a working OS and created a new slower and unstable version filled with shitty bloat that needed much more resources than previous versions.

I want my software to get out of my way and let me work; with an OS I want this more so. An OS should sit quietly in the background and allocate resources to the software I chose to use, not them. Windows became a big fat bloated interruption.

Not trying to turn this into a PC vs Mac debate, just stating why I moved away from MS and their silly product "evolution".

 

[AdamC]

MS are trying to create an OS that will work on phones, tablets and desktops (touchscreen), while seemingly forgetting about conventional desktop users. It's painful to watch what was once good (Windows XP, 7) being seemingly disregarded in favour of flat boring buttons, tiles and big fonts. Argh.

 

[jryan21]

I can't believe this piece of shit design got through user testing. I hope this kills Microsoft.

End rant.

User testing is now.

 

[rusvik]

The new Office suite looks like freeware anno 2004.

 

[shindig]

lol @ shutting down windows 8, I mean why shouldn't it be a multi step process hidden in "settings"

 

[Fatbat]

MS are trying to create an OS that will work on phones, tablets and desktops (touchscreen), while seemingly forgetting about conventional desktop users. It's painful to watch what was once good (Windows XP, 7) being seemingly disregarded in favour of flat boring buttons, tiles and big fonts. Argh.

Argh? The "flat boring" interface is so much more attractive than anything they've ever done before. It's inconspicuous as an OS should be. Do you really want glossy beveled buttons with drop shadows everywhere? That's so 1999 and gross. The new interface is very contemporary and very much in touch with forward thinking design trends that are happening right now. "Flat" design is everywhere.

Win 8 is NO DIFFERENT than Win 7 except for the new start menu and the apps, which you don't even need to use. People seem so hung up on the apps thing when they can just continue to run their programs like they always have. I don't even look at the new start menu.

It's really the best of both worlds. Use apps if you want to use them or just ignore that aspect of the OS and continue using your computer just like you always have.

At the moment I have Chrome (with a dozen tabs), FF and IE, Outlook, Skype, KeePass, FileZilla, Photoshop, Illustrator and Bridge all open, not to mention a bunch of background processes like Kasperky, music playing, etc. etc. and I notice no slowdown at all. I don't know where all this bloat is that's supposedly slowing down my computer, but I don't experience such a thing. Maybe stick some extra RAM in your machine if you're suffering that badly.

lol @ shutting down windows 8, I mean why shouldn't it be a multi step process hidden in "settings"

Who shuts down their computer?

In all seriousness though, is it really that difficult to roll your mouse to the bottom or top right corners to make the selection? When you go through the settings, it's the exact same number of clicks (3) to shut down your computer as it has always been going through the start menu.

Alternatively you can simply hit ctrl-alt delete and do it in 2 clicks. Is that so hard?

It's really not that difficult people. The users here should be pretty technically savvy, more so than the average computer user, but all I hear is a bunch of bitching and moaning.

Get a grip.

 

[Netphase]

lol @ shutting down windows 8, I mean why shouldn't it be a multi step process hidden in "settings"

Who shuts down their computer?

In all seriousness though, is it really that difficult to roll your mouse to the bottom or top right corners to make the selection? When you go through the settings, it's the exact same number of clicks (3) to shut down your computer as it has always been going through the start menu.

Alternatively you can simply hit ctrl-alt delete and do it in 2 clicks. Is that so hard?

It's really not that difficult people. The users here should be pretty technically savvy, more so than the average computer user and all I hear is a bunch of bitching and moaning.

Get a grip.

What he said...

Ctrl + Alt + Delete > Power/Shutdown OR Windows Key + I > Power/Shutdown

 

[johnmatrix]

All I want at the end of the day is Windows 7 stripped down minus all the bloat ware..

It's one of the reasons why I went to Apple. I was annoyed at how each new version of Windows wasn't a slicker evolved version of a the previous one.

What they seem to do instead was bin a working OS and created a new slower and unstable version filled with shitty bloat that needed much more resources than previous versions.

Please tell us all about the bloatware in Windows 8. You get way more with OSX like Garageband, iPhoto, iMovie, facefuck, iCloud, Photo Booth etc. I've never used any of that shit in my life. What bloatware comes with Windows 8? calculator?

If you're talking about the space used on the hard drive, Mountain Lion uses roughly 10gb, Windows 8 is 15gb. Remember Windows has to provide driver support for almost every combination of hardware under the sun, and the 64-bit version has to support both 32-bit AND 64-bit software. It's a ridiculous comparison to make.

Windows 8 is slower and unstable compared to Windows 7? In what universe? certainly not this one, God.

lol @ shutting down windows 8, I mean why shouldn't it be a multi step process hidden in "settings"

lol @ exiting an application in OSX. Command + Q makes more sense than clicking a red close button right?! no no no, that closes the window not the application, why would I want to do that? This ain't 1985.

 

[-God-]

Please tell us all about the bloatware in Windows 8. You get way more with OSX like Garageband, iPhoto, iMovie, facefuck, iCloud, Photo Booth etc. I've never used any of that shit in my life. What bloatware comes with Windows 8? calculator?

If you're talking about the space used on the hard drive, Mountain Lion uses roughly 10gb, Windows 8 is 15gb. Remember Windows has to provide driver support for almost every combination of hardware under the sun, and the 64-bit version has to support both 32-bit AND 64-bit software. It's a ridiculous comparison to make.

Windows 8 is slower and unstable compared to Windows 7? In what universe? certainly not this one, God.

I left windows before 8 and have no desire to venture back towards that mess. Bloatware? Well, it used to consist if messenger, mail, movie making shit, their useless media player, word pad, security centre, paint, Internet explorer, and no doubt other near useless shit I forget.

Everything you mention as bloatware on OSX doesn't come pre-installed as part of the OS, but part of iLife, a separate DVD if you chose to add it at checkout.

If you don't like it, you can remove it. Not something that can be done easily, at least not previously, in Windows.

lol @ exiting an application in OSX. Command + Q makes more sense than clicking a red close button right?! no no no, that closes the window not the application, why would I want to do that? This ain't 1985.

As I barely use the mousepad on my MBP (although the gestures that windows has never had, this side of a Wacom bamboo, are amazing) shortcuts are my preference. Sounds a bit fanboy ish, but clicking does my tits in (as it did in windows).

 

[Uptime]

Can you use gestures through out OSX? I'm addicted to those in Firefox. Wish I didn't lose that efficiency once I leave the browser in Windows or Linux.

 

[tangy]

shortcuts are my preference. Sounds a bit fanboy ish, but clicking does my tits in (as it did in windows).

 

[AdamC]

At the moment I have Chrome (with a dozen tabs), FF and IE, Outlook, Skype, KeePass, FileZilla, Photoshop, Illustrator and Bridge all open, not to mention a bunch of background processes like Kasperky, music playing, etc. etc. and I notice no slowdown at all. I don't know where all this bloat is that's supposedly slowing down my computer, but I don't experience such a thing. Maybe stick some extra RAM in your machine if you're suffering that badly.

what? i didnt mention speed or slowdown at all?

 

[AdamC]

Argh? The "flat boring" interface is so much more attractive than anything they've ever done before. It's inconspicuous as an OS should be. Do you really want glossy beveled buttons with drop shadows everywhere? That's so 1999 and gross. The new interface is very contemporary and very much in touch with forward thinking design trends that are happening right now. "Flat" design is everywhere.

Could this be Windows 9? ;P

Win 8 is NO DIFFERENT than Win 7 except for the new start menu and the apps, which you don't even need to use. People seem so hung up on the apps thing when they can just continue to run their programs like they always have. I don't even look at the new start menu.

It's really the best of both worlds. Use apps if you want to use them or just ignore that aspect of the OS and continue using your computer just like you always have.

All you've done there is tell me that Windows 8 is a pointless upgrade over Widnows 7