artful at rogers.com
artful at rogers.com
Thu Mar 15 17:20:51 CDT 2007
Wow. You and I couldn't possibly be more opposed on this one, Jim. I'm thinking "Finally!" I totally love what is possible in the new environment. Clearly it's a personal-taste thing. There is nothing you cannot do in 2007 that you could do before, so you can continue to do it the old way if you wish, but I love the new UI. Admittedly it took me a few experiments to find out how to twist it according to my predilections, but now that I know, I love it. P.S. About 99% of the users I know measure everything they use by the Outlook metaphor. That could reflect the subset of people at whose pleasure I serve, but that's the fact. The sizable pane, the treeview in the left pane, the auto-loading panel in the right pane... everyone that I know knows this interface so well that I don't have to explain it. So I just take an old app and turn the switchboard into a treeview and suddenly everyone is much happier than they were with the previous roll-out. Arthur -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 8:43 AM To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] Access 2007 Show of hands please: how many of you are actually using this version? I HATE Office 2007 and Access is arguably the worst of the worst. Outlook seems to be the most sane application in the suite, which isn't saying much. Friends, we have suffered a Mac attack in this version of Office. All the things I have always hated about the Mac OS have found a home in Office 2007. Is anyone trying to develop in Access 2007? The Outlook metaphor drives me nuts! Oh, for a database window! It also seems to have weird problems with CurrentProject.Connection with linked tables when you try and convert an earlier format database. Can anyone recommend a good book on just Access 2007. I know Martin came out with a book, but I haven't found it yet. Charlotte Foust -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com