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<blockquote data-quote="john3347" data-source="post: 325915" data-attributes="member: 7218">Educators have a term for what I am going to describe here. I am NOT an educator and I cannot recall at the moment what the term is. You must realize that different people learn differently. Some people look at something or read something and immediately &quot;memorize&quot; what they saw or read. Others must have a &quot;feel&quot; for the subject matter and learn a process or a concept. More of us are in the category that must learn a process or concept than are memory learners. Concept learners need things organized in a logical order whereby one step in any process intuitively leads to the next. Microsoft has TOTALLY missed the boat on this point with the Windows Explorer file system on both Windows Vista and Windows 7 and Office ribbon concept. Every move depends strictly on memory and no move leads intuitively to the next. This is the reason that certain people who HAVE tried Vista (instability and compatibility issues aside) and Office 2007 love them and others loathe them. Microsoft does not understand this and memory learners do not understand this. It would be quite simple to produce Office with the option to have a drop down menu with things grouped things in logical order with menus and submenus in addition to the user memory-intensive ribbon, thereby satisfying all users. The same general choice could and should be applied to the operating system giving everyone equal opportunity to learn and utilize the system. This is why some people hate Vista and some people love Vista; and some people hate Office 2007 and some people love Office 2007. Personally, when I experience a &quot;brain fart&quot; and momentarily forget where a certain function is located in Office 2007 or in Windows 7 Windows Explorer, I sometimes have to waste several minutes &quot;rambling around&quot; looking for that lost feature or function. This is both frustrating and inefficient. These are some of the reasons that I, as well as many others, hate Vista, Windows 7, and Office 2007, and Office 2010 Technical Preview. I will continue using Windows XP and Office 2003 as my primary systems for some time yet. This &quot;theme&quot; started way back when Microsoft decided to lump &quot;Documents&quot; with &quot;Settings&quot; in Windows Explorer (&quot;Documents&quot; and &quot;Settings&quot; are not related items belonging together!), and has just progressed to the point of usability for many who will never move to the current and coming non-intuitive interfaces.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="john3347, post: 325915, member: 7218"] Educators have a term for what I am going to describe here. I am NOT an educator and I cannot recall at the moment what the term is. You must realize that different people learn differently. Some people look at something or read something and immediately "memorize" what they saw or read. Others must have a "feel" for the subject matter and learn a process or a concept. More of us are in the category that must learn a process or concept than are memory learners. Concept learners need things organized in a logical order whereby one step in any process intuitively leads to the next. Microsoft has TOTALLY missed the boat on this point with the Windows Explorer file system on both Windows Vista and Windows 7 and Office ribbon concept. Every move depends strictly on memory and no move leads intuitively to the next. This is the reason that certain people who HAVE tried Vista (instability and compatibility issues aside) and Office 2007 love them and others loathe them. Microsoft does not understand this and memory learners do not understand this. It would be quite simple to produce Office with the option to have a drop down menu with things grouped things in logical order with menus and submenus in addition to the user memory-intensive ribbon, thereby satisfying all users. The same general choice could and should be applied to the operating system giving everyone equal opportunity to learn and utilize the system. This is why some people hate Vista and some people love Vista; and some people hate Office 2007 and some people love Office 2007. Personally, when I experience a "brain fart" and momentarily forget where a certain function is located in Office 2007 or in Windows 7 Windows Explorer, I sometimes have to waste several minutes "rambling around" looking for that lost feature or function. This is both frustrating and inefficient. These are some of the reasons that I, as well as many others, hate Vista, Windows 7, and Office 2007, and Office 2010 Technical Preview. I will continue using Windows XP and Office 2003 as my primary systems for some time yet. This "theme" started way back when Microsoft decided to lump "Documents" with "Settings" in Windows Explorer ("Documents" and "Settings" are not related items belonging together!), and has just progressed to the point of usability for many who will never move to the current and coming non-intuitive interfaces. [/QUOTE]

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