PyX Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Beta 3 should be released very soon, as Beta 2 expires next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Beta 3 should be released very soon, as Beta 2 expires next week. Who says it hasn't? Beta 2 wasn't "released", it leaked onto the web. There's no telling if the same will happen to any future betas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I thought about that possibility, but here?s my thought : It matters a LOT when a product is secret and you release the first screenshots of it and even worse, you leak it onto the web. Once it?s done, for future builds of the product, it won?t matter as much because people already got the ?wow? effect and it?s already been mediated a lot already. Look at the upcoming iPhone, same thing. There were huge scandals at the beginning after the guy stole it from the employee who went at the bar, but now we?re regularly seeing more recent versions of what?s to come. Because it doesn?t matter as much. I?m not rejecting the possibility that they?re already at Beta 3 for a few days, but I think it would be released if they were already there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojiboy Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I thought about that possibility, but here?s my thought : It matters a LOT when a product is secret and you release the first screenshots of it and even worse, you leak it onto the web. Once it?s done, for future builds of the product, it won?t matter as much because people already got the ?wow? effect and it?s already been mediated a lot already. Look at the upcoming iPhone, same thing. There were huge scandals at the beginning after the guy stole it from the employee who went at the bar, but now we?re regularly seeing more recent versions of what?s to come. Because it doesn?t matter as much. I?m not rejecting the possibility that they?re already at Beta 3 for a few days, but I think it would be released if they were already there. The beta had been released just not to the general public. It expires regardless you were in the beta program or you obtain it using alternative methods. So, because there is a expiration date on Beta 2 I believe there will be a beta 3 soon. As for being leaked, Microsoft has a horrible track record in keeping betas closed. Of course who really knows, we can just go on Microsoft's previous track record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 From what I remember only one Microsoft Office 2004 beta leaked back in the day, all the way up to the final version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo0o Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 This looks really promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Outlook is still quite buggy (and the icon hasn't even changed from Office 2007), but otherwise, I've been using Word 2011 Beta 2 for quite some time now and I've had no major issues with it. Looking forward to the final product, as I think it will be quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawr_boy81 Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Outlook is still quite buggy (and the icon hasn't even changed from Office 2007), but otherwise, I've been using Word 2011 Beta 2 for quite some time now and I've had no major issues with it. Looking forward to the final product, as I think it will be quite good. What is the performance like when compared to Office 2008? an improvement or pretty much the same? Intel only or powerpc/intel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 What is the performance like when compared to Office 2008? an improvement or pretty much the same? Intel only or powerpc/intel? Sadly, I would say it?s the same. Fortunately, they still have time for improvement and I?m pretty positive that the optimization cycle begins after the first beta of everything. They have another 5 months or so to optimize things and fix bugs and include every new icon and image (because they?re still not all there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witalit Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Looks very 'mac' like, seems cool shame I have no mac :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 What is the performance like when compared to Office 2008? an improvement or pretty much the same? Intel only or powerpc/intel? I'd have to agree with PsykX, no noticeable improvements as of yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 New beta apparently leaked that includes icons: They remind me of the icons used by Office 2001 for Mac OS 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Yuck, way worse than its Windows counterpart. I blame the Mac UI though, not MS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltLife Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 New beta apparently leaked that includes icons: They remind me of the icons used by Office 2001 for Mac OS 9. Funky.... But, perhaps it's because it's low res. I def. prefer the '08 icons. I see that these new icons have more of a 'ribbon' or flow to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Yuck, way worse than its Windows counterpart. I blame the Mac UI though, not MS. Err, there are a lot of beautiful icons on OS X, and a lot of renowned icon designers use OS X and are largely inspired by Apple's own icons and UIs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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