Comments on: Office 12’s tutti-frutti interface design

By: The Warne Account » Too many cooks spoil the office?

The Warne Account » Too many cooks spoil the office? — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 05:31:40 +0000

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By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:26:39 +0000

@Faisal: Sure. I read the piece by drunkenbatman on how the Mac OS X interface might be in trouble. I’m not a bigot. :)

But at least Apple has the decency to use only one style per app, even if it differs from app to app at the moment. The visual excitement of eight styles in one app is usually avoided.

@David: Thanks for that link. Interesting.

By: David Dunham

David Dunham — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:08:16 +0000

Chances are that’s not a final interface. At least that’s my extrapolation from reading Jensen Harris’s weblog.

By: Faisal N. Jawdat

Faisal N. Jawdat — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:16:12 +0000

Pot, kettle, black? Apple ships, last I counted, 5 differerent window themes, with no way to control them or unify them without hacking the system.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:44:43 +0000

That is a mess. But MS has their special way of giving users more than they need, don’t they.

I’m sure their UI team is on that diagram, and are stripping it down as we speak.