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Re:Office 2013: Just what on earth has the Office team been ... by MichaelGG on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @05:13PM (#5142106)
Office 2013 is a visual nightmare. The lack of any dividing lines gives me a headache; it feels like a snowstorm.

And just to be more insulting, the UI has random caps. There's no design or reasoning for the caps. They don't indicate clickable things, they don't seem to indicate anything. I spend a fair amount of time in Outlook and Lync - why would I want to subject my eyes to this?

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Re:Office 2013: Just what on earth has the Office team been ... by aarongolliver on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @06:51PM (#5142552)
Have you used the release version (not the preview)? Outlook has both dividing lines and a light grey theme (which slightly greys adjoining portions of the UI to make divisions more clear). Also, basically everything is clickable...
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Re:Office 2013: Just what on earth has the Office team been ... by joenathan on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @08:45PM (#5142884)
There are plenty of dividing lines

http://i.minus.com/ibm6UEFR5wXRGJ.png

I personally like the new UI, I find it refreshing.

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Re:Office 2013: Just what on earth has the Office team been ... by thomasbk on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @09:44PM (#5143108)
I agree, but only because the office installation in this screenshot is set to use the darkest theme -- by default all that gray is just more white.
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Re:Office 2013: Just what on earth has the Office team been ... by rayiner on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @06:15PM (#5142417)
WP8 suffers from similar problems, including the schizo approach to capitalization.
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Re:Office 2013: Just what on earth has the Office team been ... by tiredoffps on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @06:03PM (#5142340)
agreed. I like the Metro design the for the OS but for Office it's terrible. I think Metro is only good for designs that have a lot of white space. For something like Excel you need a little bit more detail to show what's clickable, ect...It's the same problem for Rdio's app.
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