[AccessD] Access 2007

I have to agree on the eye candy, John.   Of course, I feel the same way
about WinXP and immediately turned off as much of the teletubby
interface as I could when I moved to it.  LOL  Others may like or hate
the ribbons in Office 2007, but to me they're visual overload.  They
take up way more space than simple menus and they're too in-your-face
for my comfort.  Fortunately, I'm working in .Net now, but I still have
friends and colleagues who work in Access, so I try to keep up.  I may
have to drop that last idea, though. ;-<

Charlotte Foust

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Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:58 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2007

Shamil,

The following are just a couple of interesting things I found on the
subject.  

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=357

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=349

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=352


My perception is simply what I see from my own clients.  I only work (so
far) with companies having anywhere from 1 to 60 or so employees.  These
companies do not upgrade just to drive the latest and greatest.  If a
machine functions for it's given purpose, they may very well keep it for
8 years more.  I have to PUSH these clients to buy more powerful
machines and I only do so when they need them.

There is nothing right or wrong about this, it is just a fact.  I had a
client that just retired (about a year ago) their last Windows 98
machine running Celerons and 500 megs of main memory.  They only did so
because the database had grown to the point where I could demonstrate
UNDENIABLY that the machine itself was causing them lost productivity as
they waited for the claim form to open.  They went to dell and bought
way powerful, way cheap low end machines with Windows XP Pro.  these
machines will likely suffice for another 6 years or so.  

This seems to be the trend in SMALL companies.  It might very well be
different with the IBMs and such large companies.  Even there though
there are compatibility issues that will be weighed.  Small companies
"just leap"
when they are ready to buy.  They tend to not think much about "will my
application(s) run under...".  I have to be on top of things like the
ribbon bar fiasco and warn them that they will have a problem if they go
there.

At any rate, I am a small business and I am much more careful about what
I do than most.  I do not do anything that will cost me three weeks of
inability to do my work because I will starve to death if I lose three
works work.  As an example, take the move to Office 2007.  I cannot
"just switch"
because I have to do 8 hours or more of paying work every day.  The
ribbon bar and all that crap would cause me untold lost billing time.
If and when I do it I will do so on a virtual machine.  I will use it
for email, for writing docs, for playing with my few spreadsheets, and I
will PLAY with Access 2007 to become familiar with it.  Slowly, I will
come up to speed, and slowly I will switch to using it (assuming my
clients do of course).

>>I like its graphics... :)
>>I like the feature of 3d view of windows of currently running apps...

To be honest I turn off all the "eye candy" just because it annoys me
and slows down my machine.  Vista is very much about eye candy.  I just
don't care about it, not that it is wrong if you like it, I just don't.

I like new things, but I cannot afford to just leap without thinking
about my income, which will suffer if I can't do my work and my clients
get irritated with me.  

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com