Comments on: Liam broke my site! Plus some stuff on platform independence. http://meganmcdermott.com/2007/01/20/liam-broke-my-site-plus-some-stuff-on-platform-independence/ Web design and that Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:50:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: andyk http://meganmcdermott.com/2007/01/20/liam-broke-my-site-plus-some-stuff-on-platform-independence/comment-page-1/#comment-4793 andyk Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:39:00 +0000 http://www.meganmcdermott.com/2007/01/20/liam-broke-my-site-plus-some-stuff-on-platform-independence/#comment-4793 Hey... a couple of points: 1) Are you gonna get a 301 redirect sorted on the old domain any time soon? I only noticed you were here because I had inbound links showing from you in WordPress... ;) 2) I tagged you in a meme... see my site for details. :D Hey… a couple of points:

1) Are you gonna get a 301 redirect sorted on the old domain any time soon? I only noticed you were here because I had inbound links showing from you in WordPress… ;)

2) I tagged you in a meme… see my site for details. :D

]]> By: Liam McDermott http://meganmcdermott.com/2007/01/20/liam-broke-my-site-plus-some-stuff-on-platform-independence/comment-page-1/#comment-4792 Liam McDermott Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:40:28 +0000 http://www.meganmcdermott.com/2007/01/20/liam-broke-my-site-plus-some-stuff-on-platform-independence/#comment-4792 <blockquote>That’s what I’ve heard also, the ribbon interface is great, and easy to use,</blockquote> Well that's the case for someone who's happy to relearn an interface (or a new user), but the average office worker is going to be very confused when confronted with that ribbon! <blockquote>I wonder how much longer until we see an on demand operating system, where you install a handful of core layers, and everything else is download/run? I wouldn’t mind a pay-as-you-go approach either, I don’t need 70% of the stuff that Win XP installs by default,</blockquote> We all have access to that on-demand system you're talking about, it's just most people don't know it exists: http://www.ubuntu.com it's completely Free though. It's pretty close, although you do get as much software with it as they can cram on a CD. :) Whenever you need a peice of software, you get it using 'Synaptic Package Manager' which downloads it from the Ubuntu software repositories.

That’s what I’ve heard also, the ribbon interface is great, and easy to use,

Well that’s the case for someone who’s happy to relearn an interface (or a new user), but the average office worker is going to be very confused when confronted with that ribbon!

I wonder how much longer until we see an on demand operating system, where you install a handful of core layers, and everything else is download/run? I wouldn’t mind a pay-as-you-go approach either, I don’t need 70% of the stuff that Win XP installs by default,

We all have access to that on-demand system you’re talking about, it’s just most people don’t know it exists: http://www.ubuntu.com it’s completely Free though.

It’s pretty close, although you do get as much software with it as they can cram on a CD. :)

Whenever you need a peice of software, you get it using ‘Synaptic Package Manager’ which downloads it from the Ubuntu software repositories.

]]> By: Adam Kinder http://meganmcdermott.com/2007/01/20/liam-broke-my-site-plus-some-stuff-on-platform-independence/comment-page-1/#comment-4791 Adam Kinder Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:23:46 +0000 http://www.meganmcdermott.com/2007/01/20/liam-broke-my-site-plus-some-stuff-on-platform-independence/#comment-4791 "Liam and I did a little preview of Office 2007 last night and I got the impression that they are sort of catering more towards power users. I thought that Word ‘07 would be great for people who are writing a book or something but for regular people it’s total overkill." That's what I've heard also, the ribbon interface is great, and easy to use, but from most reviews that I've seen, the overall application has been steered towards heavy document usage, not the 'gotta write a book report for school' crowd that Office 95 first hooked. I wonder how much longer until we see an on demand operating system, where you install a handful of core layers, and everything else is download/run? I wouldn't mind a pay-as-you-go approach either, I don't need 70% of the stuff that Win XP installs by default, but I do have 8-10 applications that I would die without. “Liam and I did a little preview of Office 2007 last night and I got the impression that they are sort of catering more towards power users. I thought that Word ‘07 would be great for people who are writing a book or something but for regular people it’s total overkill.”

That’s what I’ve heard also, the ribbon interface is great, and easy to use, but from most reviews that I’ve seen, the overall application has been steered towards heavy document usage, not the ‘gotta write a book report for school’ crowd that Office 95 first hooked.

I wonder how much longer until we see an on demand operating system, where you install a handful of core layers, and everything else is download/run? I wouldn’t mind a pay-as-you-go approach either, I don’t need 70% of the stuff that Win XP installs by default, but I do have 8-10 applications that I would die without.

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