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The anti-user interface tag on WindowsForum.com covers user experiences with software interfaces that are difficult, frustrating, or counterintuitive. Discussions include issues like applications losing window size and position settings, forcing users to repeatedly adjust layouts. Topics also involve older software compatibility problems, such as Office 2003 on Windows 7, where interface changes and lack of support create usability challenges. Users share workarounds like reverting to Windows Classic theme to improve functionality. The tag highlights how certain design choices or bugs can make software feel hostile to users, emphasizing the need for more intuitive and respectful interface design.
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    Windows 7 Word 2003 loses window size, position

    Howdy, all So. Running XP.2 (can't run XP.3; it kills Adobe's CS2 apps, which I need). Had a spare partition. Before putting Ubuntu back on it, I figured I'd install the Win7 Ultimate that'd come (unused) with another computer. (The install was smooth enough. The updates were slower'n snail...
    • homyakchik
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    • adobe cs2 anti-user interface compatibility device support document size experience microsoft office normal.dot office 2007 old devices permissions portrait monitor registry software installation update issues user rights window position windows 7 windows classic word 2003
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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