Tweet of the year, if you ask me.
Posts Tagged: microsoft
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Mar 10
Windows Phone 7 – no copy&paste, no multitasking?? WTF??
Can anyone say deja vu?
Gizmodo says Windows Phone 7 won’t have multitasking to save battery life.
Engadget says Windows Phone 7 won’t have copy&paste.
OK, can I see some serious Microsoft bashing now, please? I mean, at least at the level that Apple was hit when the first iPhone didn’t have copy& paste? And Microsoft had quite some time to watch that happen and change, don’t you think?
It seems being a copycat is harder than we all thought…
6
Dec 09
Getting your classic menu back in Microsoft Office 2007
I recently bought Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student, which of course introduces Microsoft’s stupidest UI *ever*. As a natural reaction, my wife has been giving me hell for weeks “I want the old menu back!” (to Microsoft: fire your UI test lab, just put it on your home PCs and record the reaction of your spouses!).
I found several add-ins that claim to bring the old menu back, here’s one that’s free for non-commercial use: http://www.ubit.ch/software/ubitmenu-office2007/
Even though my screen shot is german, UBitMenu is available in many languages.
Now I only need someone to tell me how I can make this the only menu visible, so I don’t have to switch to it in order to see it. Surely there’s a way…?
2
Dec 08
Microsoft Small Basic – great for kids first steps into programming
Small Basic is a project that’s aimed at bringing “fun” back to programming. By providing a small and easy to learn programming language in a friendly and inviting development environment, Small Basic makes programming a breeze. Ideal for kids and adults alike, Small Basic helps beginners take the first step into the wonderful world of programming.
* Small Basic derives its inspiration from the original BASIC programming language, and is based on the Microsoft .Net platform. It is really small with just 15 keywords and uses minimal concepts to keep the barrier to entry as low as possible.
* The Small Basic development environment is simple, yet provides powerful modern environment features like Intellisenseâ„¢ and instant context sensitive help.
* Small Basic allows third-party libraries to be plugged in with ease, making it possible for the community to extend the experience in fun and interesting ways.
Get it here! – a pity there’s no german version….
21
Sep 08
Steve Ballmer: I’m a PC
And that helps selling Vista…?
Seriously, you might think about bringing Seinfeld back….
Oh, and one more thing: the videos were done on a Mac with Adobe software!
17
Jun 08
Microsoft: IE 8 may break your web page
Via silicon.com:
“In an IE Blog posting on 10 June, members of the IE team reminded site owners – many of whom had designed their sites to display correctly in less-standards-compliant, prior versions of IE – that they need to “get ready” for IE8 so that their content will “continue to display seamlessly”.
Microsoft decided earlier this year that it will make ‘super-standards’ mode the default with IE8. This is one of three modes which will be supported in IE8. The other two are ‘quirks’ mode, which will be compatible with current IE pages and applications, and a ‘standards’ mode, which will be the same as what’s offered by IE7 and “compatible with current content”.”
