The problem is the complexity of switching between compressed weekends and
uncompressed weekends with overlay mode. Had they been able to do it in a
reasonable amount of time and without adding bugs, they would have.

They know from CEIP data what features get turned off and this helps them
decide the value of each feature - so they know which features deserve more
man-hours to make work. The dev teams don't have an endless budget without
deadlines - they have to triage the work they do - easy almost always gets
done. I don't know where compressed weekends fall in the data but if you
aren't opted into the "customer experience improvement program" they
definitely aren't counting your data points.

As for the ribbon - year after year users (including some power users)
requested "new" features which were already in office but were hard to
discover. The ribbon makes them easier to find. While there is a larger
learning curve for those of us who know where to find things in previous
office versions, it is a lot easier for newer users to find the things they
need. Case in point - after a couple of weeks on office 2007 my 3rd yr
college student raved about the new features that made writing term papers
so much easier. Her classmates all loved it. I didn't have the heart to tell
her not much had changed, the commands were just easier to find. I was still
trying get used to to the ribbon but her experience validated the usefulness
of the ribbon.

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"Tim Sorrentino" Tim wrote in message
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Diane,

Not to be disrepectful, but I'm guessing you should be able to read Milly
Staples response if I, and everyone else reading this forum can see her
response. Milly's response is rather short sighted. This new Calendar
Overlay mode should not preclude the previous OPTION to compress weekend
days. Instead, overlay should just expand the compressed weekend days
when
overlay is invoked (if one of the calendars included in overlay does not
have
compressed weekends) and then the calendar view should revert to their
previous view when overlay mode is cancelled. This is just a matter of
Microsoft development once again making poor choices on behalf of the
users.
This post is proof that there are a number of us that made use of the
compressed weekend option.

I personally have been using Windows and Microsoft application since 1987
and have seen many, many impressive improvements and many, many
unintelligible feature modifications and omissions. I therefore avoided
Vista and Office 2007 like the PLAGUE because of feature modification,
omissions and the "wonder" ribbon that can't be "unraveled". Once again,
shame on Microsoft for taking away the "good" instead of improving it.
Office 2003 was a shining example of how talented Microsoft can be when
they
choose to make meaningful improvements. I've used Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint from "Day 1" and Office 2003 really made those applications
extremely intuitive and useful. Office 2007 - NOT. Milly's flip remark
about reverting to Office 2003 does not apply, many of us have no choice
to
go backward based on dictates of our businesses and decision by the IT
department to remain up to date on applications.

Hopefully, those of you employed by Microsoft, that haven't "drank the
kool-aid" yet can appreciate the value of what is being communicated here
and
realize that by making intuitive, comprehensive and inclusive improvements
will sell more product just by virtue of wider acceptance. I would have
purchased Office 2007 when it was first available if I hadn't heard the
"horror" stories and now, two years later, I'm in a position where I've
been
forced to use the product and I'm experiencing the "horror".

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Unfortunately compressed weekends and the 2 column week view are unlikely
to
be returned to future versions of outlook - they just donâ?Tt work with
the
overlays. The method at
http://www.slipstick.com/Tutorials/2wk_cal/2wk_cal.htm is a good
workaround
for many people.

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"Amanda in WNC" Amanda in wrote in
message
...
"Why not just disable weekend days in the work week so that you can
toggle
between the work week and full week views?"

I assume it is for the same reason I have for not likely the loss of
this
feature. Because I still need to see Sat/Sun, but have far fewer
appointments
on those days. Thus, they do not require a whole cell. The majority of
my
appointments are during the normal work week, so the larger those cells
are,
the better!

Does that make sense?


"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Alain wrote:

Milly Staples : this sounds kind of arrogant. Whay Trippio is
asking for is the POSSIBILITY to compress weekend days in one box,