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Note The Update History here lists all builds released Release notes are updated on a slower cadence and may be a compilation of updates for multiple builds up to the release notes published build number. A new interface only offers something, maybe, perhaps, to new users. That is once everyone in the pipeline, from teachers to book writers to IT staffers learns the new system.
All of which adds up to huge costs for, ah, no gain. In fact I still use DOS, constantly. Your conclusion about vi is a mistake. Um… no. Innovation is innovation no matter how well people react to it. All I said is that once you get past the initial steep learning curve, you will be a lot more productive. However, I still tend to use other tools to edit most of my code. There is no doubt about that.
The rest of what you say, I mostly agree with. Your entire argument is nonsensical. DOS is a rather poorly designed batch operating system while vi[1] is a text editor. Vi is not a command line program simply because it can run in a text mode terminal. It is an interactive full screen program with many of the same features of any other text editor graphical or not.
The fact that vim[2] has a graphics mode interface makes this a rather moot issue. The ability to multitask is not an intrinsic property of a GUI. Further, terminal emulators can be run inside of a graphics mode interface. In fact, a common usage of X11 servers is simply to run multiple xterms for the multitasking function. This brings us to the myth of the GUI. Both technical and non-technical folks put forth the false dicotomy that one either must have a GUI or a command line. The two are not mutually exclusive.
This myth seems to have stemmed from the popularity of the WIMP interface whereby the mouse has become the dominate input method and command lines are entirely absent or neglected. Of course, this is the reason why new comers to UNIX systems believe that it is some how backwards. UNIX users do not subscribe to the WIMP ideal[3] but rather keep the command interpreter and utilize the graphics mode server X11 to leverage the greater output capabilities that it affords.
The important thing to realize is that one could write an application in a graphics mode environment and have it behave in every way that a full screen program would in a text mode environment and still leverage the output flexibility of the former. One does not need menus, icons and buttons to have a GUI. These symbolic devices simply emulate commands. The GUI as a concept is ill defined and nebulous. It is also important to realize that usability does not imply a low learning curve.
Vim or vi are not great because they are hard to learn. They are great because they are flexable and efficient. The fact that is difficult to use debatable at first is a side effect. To end, I would like to point out that vi and vim are not the only text editors available on UNIX like systems.
Emacs is another editor that is commonly used. In fact, there is still unrest between vi and emacs users. So far from the truth as to be laughable. Yeah, if you type like a perl script. The ability to multitask is not an intrinsic property of a GUI…and 10 more lines of a rant that indicates you obviously misread my post. Both technical and non-technical folks put forth the false dicotomy that one either must have a GUI or a command line…and 10 more lines on this same note.
Another misreading of what I said. I in fact made the point you are trying to make. No offense but maybe English is not your first language. Ahem, my original comment and most comments that responded to it were about program interfaces. It is obvious why vi sucks, yet has utility. I and several others have already commented on this. Next time try responding to something within 48 hours of the original postings.
Office is changing only its interface basically and I am saying that anyone switching to it for this reason alone is a fool. How many hundreds of thousands of users over the decades — decades — have been tortured by vi? May they rest in peace. Not relevant. Halfway through the DOS lifecycle edlin was updated to Edit a dumbed down qbasic.
Who cares? Who is talking about this? Anyways, I am sure glad Apple was able to see leaked versions of this office several years ago so iTunes would have the same great brushed metal look. That could cause a big blow to OOo. If it defaulted to it, thats another. What is stopping OpenOffice. Stay away from Office , enjoy compatibility with most of the world by so doing, and save yourself an absolute fortune in the process. Maybe when the Microsoft bashing stops, and the customer listening happens in the opensource community; the market share might actually move above a fart rather than what we see now.
Today, the trend seam to be that more and more of the information in most companies are handled by much simpler tools such as e-mail and web interfaces. Putting documents printed nicely formatted on paper in binders on a shelf, that so far have been the most common use of office suits, belongs to the past.
Even the current current shipping version of MS-Office is overkill. Microsoft claims to have swatted many unspecified bugs but added no new features. The interface is still in a state of flux, and the new version won't be the same as the final one. When I dove into the new version, the most obvious change I found in the interface is the replacement of the initial shades-of-gray color theme with two new themes, Luna blue and Obsidian mostly black ; more will presumably arrive with the final version.
The Obsidian theme matches the default color theme of Windows Vista and is installed by default under that forthcoming version of Windows. Both themes include a distracting background image with swish-style curves that can't be turned off—at least not in this version. The other big change in the interface is the new Office Button, which takes the place of the old File menu.
The button resembles the one introduced in the public beta of Internet Explorer 7, with the application's icon inside a circle. Click on the icon—or press Alt-F as you did to bring up the old File menu—and a drop-down list appears with functions such as Save, Save As…, and Print, each with an icon and a name.
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