On the dev server here at work, I discovered today that we have the Office 2007 beta install. So I installed it on my Windows box, and it’s actually kind of cool. The ribbon (the menu replacement) is slick, although definitely different. :) (But it’s a good kind of different.) I’ve only played around with it for five minutes (both Word and Excel), but it feels fast, and the context-based selection stuff is good. For example, when you select text, it brings up a little dialog near the mouse so you can quickly change the formatting if you want.
Anyway, I don’t intend to review it, so just let me say that it’s a step up.
Oh, yesterday I got my first glimpse of Windows Vista Beta 2 (in real life). I’m glad they’ve finally gotten rid of the Duplos look, at least for the most part — the window controls (in the upper right corner of each window) are still a bit tacky. But the taskbar is sleek and beautiful. Lots of eye candy. Still nowhere near OS X, but it’s better than XP.
[tags]Windows, XP, Vista, Office 2007[/tags]