Dear Microsoft...
Dec. 22nd, 2015 04:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpI nether wish to "See what's new" nor "Update Office" right now.
Neither do I really wish to keep closing the annoying notification to "GET THE NEW OFFICE" that appears—Providence preserve us—at the top of every file I open.
I suppose I could just make up my mind to just tolerate this annoyance, but for three little factors:
(1) There is no such thing as "too much screen real estate." That which steals display area for no good reason offends me, especially when I am working to deadline.
(2) Surely a company with such a wide and deep pool of programming talent ought to be able to come up with a way to offer customers—you know, those people who have sort of a direct effect on your bottom line?—a third option, perhaps something along the lines of "Stop bugging me!"
(3) I'm already a customer and will probably get around to checking out what's new eventually. In the meantime, why should I have to tolerate what amounts to work-disrupting spam from a company I buy stuff from?
I understand you want to get the word out. I get it, I really do. But really, showing this message in every farblegargling file? Ugh!
Personally, I wouldn't mind having to dismiss your annoying message bar, say, once a day until I get good and ready to either "See what's new" or "Upgrade Office." Until then (or thereabouts), consider me an annoyed customer.
I remain... etc.
Neither do I really wish to keep closing the annoying notification to "GET THE NEW OFFICE" that appears—Providence preserve us—at the top of every file I open.
I suppose I could just make up my mind to just tolerate this annoyance, but for three little factors:
(1) There is no such thing as "too much screen real estate." That which steals display area for no good reason offends me, especially when I am working to deadline.
(2) Surely a company with such a wide and deep pool of programming talent ought to be able to come up with a way to offer customers—you know, those people who have sort of a direct effect on your bottom line?—a third option, perhaps something along the lines of "Stop bugging me!"
(3) I'm already a customer and will probably get around to checking out what's new eventually. In the meantime, why should I have to tolerate what amounts to work-disrupting spam from a company I buy stuff from?
I understand you want to get the word out. I get it, I really do. But really, showing this message in every farblegargling file? Ugh!
Personally, I wouldn't mind having to dismiss your annoying message bar, say, once a day until I get good and ready to either "See what's new" or "Upgrade Office." Until then (or thereabouts), consider me an annoyed customer.
I remain... etc.
