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superklye
09-15-05, 12:57 PM
Looks pretty sweet. Very Longhornish.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/sep05/09-13OfficeUI.mspx
jAkUp
09-15-05, 01:12 PM
I think that looks pretty cool :) No outlook screenies eh?

When is it coming out?
zoomy942
09-15-05, 01:44 PM
yeah, i am an exchange enigneer, so i am really curious about outlook
evilghost
09-15-05, 02:57 PM
That looks good, that 150+ pixel toolbar was a good idea, the old toolbar method just gave you way to much room to work with. They should probably narrow the edit RichText control down to 50px, I mean, who actually needs to see the document they are working/read with all this awesome toolbar eye-candy. Wonder how much they're going to ask for this piece of bloat-code?

Sadly, I'm also an Exchange Admin/Net Admin, I wonder if they're going to change the PST format like they did with Outlook 2003 so it's no longer backwards compatible.
GlowStick
09-15-05, 03:58 PM
Looks intresting, however since most of the worlds population runs 1024x768 on 17" lcd monitors... they are gonna be screwed heh.
Rakeesh
09-15-05, 05:06 PM
Hmm...I don't really like that silver "stainless steel" look. Reminds me of macs...kinda ugly IMO.
superklye
09-15-05, 09:08 PM
Really? I think it looks Mac-ish, too, but man, it sure is pretty. I can't wait to get this and Longhorn.

And I don't care what the official name is, Longhorn is what I'll always call it. :)
j0j081
09-15-05, 09:48 PM
Is this coming out around the same time as Vista?
superklye
09-15-05, 09:56 PM
I don't even know. I didn't actually read the article...I just looked at the pictures. :)
JonathanM
09-16-05, 12:10 AM
Someone tell MS that's Apple's moving away from the metal look. It's been done ;)
superklye
09-16-05, 12:15 AM
Meh, it's a huge improvement over what's there now and that's all that matters.
Tuork
09-20-05, 01:01 AM
Someone tell MS that's Apple's moving away from the metal look. It's been done ;)

My thoughts exactly.
j0j081
09-21-05, 06:13 AM
some people are saying the new design will really throw off a lot of daily users, cause they'll have to relearn it lol.
evilghost
09-21-05, 08:25 AM
All eye-candy aside, I wonder what additional functionality they have added, if any.
j0j081
09-22-05, 06:03 AM
supposedly a lot but I'm too lazy to do the reseach. Microsoft said the new look is only the icing on the cake this time around.