Mark A Matte
markamatte at hotmail.com
Thu May 31 09:16:30 CDT 2007
>...Arthur doing JC ...not bad for an amateur, eh :) Now THAT'S funny!!!. >From: "William Hindman" <wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com> >Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem >solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >To: "Access Developers discussion and problem >solving"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac >Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 17:11:41 -0400 > >...Arthur doing JC ...not bad for an amateur, eh :) > >William Hindman > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com> >To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" ><accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:15 PM >Subject: Re: [AccessD] VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac > > > >I wonder how many users are revolting against (revolted by) the Ribbon > > thing? What I can say is that it took about 15 minutes for me to find >the > > most basic commands in Word. I HATE this ribbon s**t. At the very least, > > Office ought to recognize the keystrokes we seasoned folk have learned > > eons > > ago. For example, Alt+T = Table. Why do I have to fart around and look >for > > these commands, when MS itself has schooled me into thinking this or >that > > keystroke is the way to get there? > > > > Apparently, newbies like this ribbon s**t. Great. In a few more months > > I'll > > be eligible for retirement and then Kiss This, Bill! I'd rather watch > > Nadal > > try to come up with something to beat Fedderer. Earth to MS: Ribbons >SUCK! > > Six months and I'm gone except for hobbyist play. The person who thought > > of > > ribbons will surely go down the same flush as the person who thought of > > the > > stupid little doggie helper. Sheesh. I feel sorry for that person. > > Probably > > just did what he was told, ended up the most despised programmer in the > > history of Windows. However, perhaps the inventor of ribbons will take >his > > place as the most despised programmer in the history of Windows. > > > > I could be quite wrong about this. I have heard more than one newbie say > > how > > cool this ribbon thing is. Commands that have been available since God > > Knows > > When are now right there on the ribbon. Yeah, great. Meanwhile it took >me > > half an hour to deduce how to insert a row into a table. Why in the name > > of > > God is this command on the Format menu? Which particular Redmond >Einstein > > thought to place this command there? What does "Insert a row into a >table" > > have even remotely to do with "Format"? > > > > There are clearly lots of brain-dead people in the state of Washington. > > The > > one who thought to place that command there, the boss who authorized it, > > and > > so on up the chain of command. Perhaps there has been an influx of >cocaine > > or some other mind-altering drug into Redmond. > > > > Let us be fair. If anything, I try to be democratic. Let's start with >the > > traditional menu plus all the ribbon stuff. Let's allow the use to > > suppress > > either of these. Let's respect, even in the event that you suppress the > > traditional menu, all those keystrokes (Ctrl+N= New File, Ctrl+S = Save, > > etc.) > > > > So let's call spades spades: Office 2007 sucks. Vista sucks. I have the > > former installed but shall remove it this weekend. Fortunately I had the > > foresight to save nothing on O2K7 format, so when I remove it I will >still > > be able to read all the files. > > > > I have yet to hear one positive experience from a Vista user. Apparently > > it's like a cyber-BDSM-place. Lots of handcuffs and zero freedom. > > Unceremoniously quits should you try anything like backing up a DVD >movie. > > > > As for me, I have had quite enough of this s**t from Redmond. I'm out of > > the > > MS loop. Open Office and Google Apps do most everything I need. Open > > Office's Base is pretty close to Access, though not quite there. Ubuntu >is > > way nicer than Vista, and it runs on some of my admittedly lame >hardware. > > > > Earth to Redmond: you are running out of reasons for us to stick around. > > > > A. > > > > > > On 5/30/07, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > >> > >> Boy will there be a BUNCH of companies not upgrading beyond that! How > >> many > >> apps are out there coded in vba? > >> > >> > >> John W. Colby > >> Colby Consulting > >> www.ColbyConsulting.com > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Ken Ismert > >> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:16 PM > >> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > >> Subject: [AccessD] VBA abandoned in Office 2008 for Mac > >> > >> > >> The first shoe has dropped: Microsoft has abandoned VBA in its latest > >> Office > >> suite for the Macintosh: > >> > >> Mac Users Face Hurdles with New Office Versions > >> >http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2138349,00.asp?kc=EWKNLINF053007STR4 > >> > >> Although there is a converter tool for older Office documents, with > >> promises > >> for VBA support in the future, Mac developers are encouraged to use > >> Applescript instead. > >> > >> Access developers have to at least consider the possibility that Office > >> 2007 will be the last version of Office that will natively run VBA. > >> > >> -Ken > >> -- > >> 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 > >> > > -- > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ More photos, more messages, more storage—get 2GB with Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_2G_0507