Subj : Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive" To : All From : G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 07:14 pm Path: eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!fee der.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder2.ecngs.de!e cngs!feeder.ecngs.de!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.gi ganews.com!local2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.brightview.co.uk!news.brightview.c o.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 06:27:00 -0600 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:25:37 +0000 From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" Reply-To: G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: alt.windows-xp,alt.os.windows-xp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment,mi crosoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive" References: <669769ce-c1a1-4f17-90f0-68768fc8dab6@f4g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> <1akbd8h1msaecfdnh6lqgqs4o4iajpklv3@4ax.com> Organization: 255 software MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M () Lines: 55 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-IZwuHbDet18I4NSw/ELLlbcpMAlqNuLHIRhEz8Vj2CMFlBDz5HWLnVPAaNp161lMIiNZ9hK0LFe ba/G!frLLYpe1lMe8Ul7vrzEJPKlcu5a78yLQR9mqJk3BVeOeig4wtqx0PIVR6ssP3pJ43rv8bgMDAr A1!fxO3iguZ X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3673 Xref: mx04.eternal-september.org alt.windows-xp:4003 alt.os.windows-xp:5410 microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment:2460 microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:30878 microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:106098 In message <1akbd8h1msaecfdnh6lqgqs4o4iajpklv3@4ax.com>, "Ken Blake, MVP" writes: >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 Agreed. But the change to Office 2007 and 2010 brought in the "ribbon", which most people seem to either love or hate (i. e. few are not bothered). [FWIW, I don't particularly like it, but don't hate it, provided I can slide it out of the way to get my screen space back, which I believe can be done.] >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. (-: (Sometimes there must indeed be an element of just making it look new, but also sometimes it's a way of trying things genuinely new - some of which work, some of which don't, and no amount of trialling will really tell you which.) > >Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf No, I haven't changed my mind - I'm perfectly happy with the one I have, thank you. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .