Will this be real?
Mashable shows screenshots of Live Documents that look like a perfect replica of Microsoft Office.
We argued before that our personal Office killer features would be #1 The Ribbon and #2 SmartArt Graphics. I see the ribbon in the screenshots. What about SmartArt graphics? The question I sent in to InstaColl two weeks ago remained unanswered ...
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We did reply to your mail (thanks for contacting us in the first place)...not sure why you didn't receive/see it... In any case, to reprise the response:
We do not have SmartArt graphics in the technology preview but we will offer it within the next few months as it is in our priority list of things-to-do!
Also, regarding the ribbon, let me clarify that we have not used the Ribbon/Fluent UI as such - while the look/feel of the toolbar is close to Office 2007, we have not replicated the dynamic contextual reconfiguration of the toolbar (which is essentially what Microsoft has patented). I am not sure if that feature will stand up to scrutiny and is defensible in a court of law either (several other tools have had similar capabilities long before Office 2007) but that is another story...
Cheers,
Sumanth
For the Live Documents team