Ballmer Hints At 'Metro-ization' of Office 302
CWmike writes "Microsoft's CEO strongly hinted this week that the company will craft a Metro-style version of the next Office suite. 'You ought to expect that we are rethinking and working hard on what it would mean to do Office Metro style,' Ballmer told a Wall Street analyst. Metro, a tile- and touch-based interface borrowed from Windows Phone 7, would be a massive change for Office, one that would dwarf the 'ribbonization' that set off a firestorm of complaints about Office 2007's new look. The criticism died down, and Microsoft later extended the ribbon in Office 2010 and Windows 7. It will ribbonize other components of Windows 8, notably the OS's file manager. One analyst believes Metro Office is a done deal. 'I think they need something in Metro to enable people to work on documents on tablets,' said Rob Helm, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft. 'They need something on ARM.'"
Re:Boy did I misread that title (Score:5, Funny)
No, it's Queer Eye for the Straight GUI.
Re:"The criticism died down"... oh really? (Score:4, Funny)
...some bright spark goes "Let's double it agaiiiinnnn! :D"
You won't be laughing when they introduce Office NBR (Nothing But Ribbon) which has optimized the document portion of the interface away to avoid distraction from the hypnotic, all consuming awesomeness of The Ribbon (blessed be its name).