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
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.

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP