what a curious piece of writing. it is really interesting to read a liberal arts guy critique software interfaces like a piece of literature. unfortunately, I c

what a curious piece of writing. it is really interesting to read a liberal arts guy critique software interfaces like a piece of literature. unfortunately, I can't really connect with the critique - too abstract. sometimes, you just need some good screenshots, and captions... The first thing that comes to mind when I read something like this is, usually the issues are a training problem. He clearly knows how to use wordperfect - therefore it is easier. And if you are an author who never does typesetting, then most of MS word is a waste. If you are producing documents that routinely go directly to customers - MS word is a necessity. PDF the document and ship it out... I remember using wordperfect, and I remember when word came along - it was like something from another planet (WYSIWYG). I'm sure you could improve word in many ways, but no one seems to be trying. Google Docs is as much of a clone as i could imagine.