I thought office 2003 was when it started going downhill. I preferred the UI from 2000 and prior, then suddenly it was like they were trying to hide everything from me
I heard a Microsoft engineer talking about that. “Intellimenus” they called it. Where, you clicked the Format menu and it was 56,004 entries long. So they compacted them, hid some options unless you further expanded the menu. Which is ALL the way wrongheaded.
When I still used MS office, most of my time using them was spent looking for the tools that I needed because they were so damn hard to find, and every major update moves them to a different fucking spot.
Both Plex and Kodi are forks of the original XBMC. Its legacy lives on.
The Windows Phone tile interface was quite interesting from a conceptual UX and aesthetic standpoint, but Microsoft didn’t implement it very well, and the software itself had some serious issues, both in performance and from an architectural perspective. Then, of course, was the lack of app support, while developers rushed to support the iPhone.
Which is ironic because towards the end of the 90s is when Microsoft had the only 4 products of theirs that were any good:
I can’t recall them ever producing anything else of value
MS Office especially Word and Excel. They started fucking it up at the 365 era but Office 2003 was solid.
I thought office 2003 was when it started going downhill. I preferred the UI from 2000 and prior, then suddenly it was like they were trying to hide everything from me
I heard a Microsoft engineer talking about that. “Intellimenus” they called it. Where, you clicked the Format menu and it was 56,004 entries long. So they compacted them, hid some options unless you further expanded the menu. Which is ALL the way wrongheaded.
When I still used MS office, most of my time using them was spent looking for the tools that I needed because they were so damn hard to find, and every major update moves them to a different fucking spot.
VS Code is good. Sure it follows Microsoft tradition of having a stupid and confusing name, but it’s a solid product.
The original Xbox was fucking awesome, even more so if you jail broke it.
Windows Phone was arguably great too. Absolutely superb interface that really set it apart from iOS and the Android clones of the time.
Both Plex and Kodi are forks of the original XBMC. Its legacy lives on.
The Windows Phone tile interface was quite interesting from a conceptual UX and aesthetic standpoint, but Microsoft didn’t implement it very well, and the software itself had some serious issues, both in performance and from an architectural perspective. Then, of course, was the lack of app support, while developers rushed to support the iPhone.