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Kudos to the Microsoft Office team (or whomever is responsible) for coming up with the send a smile tie-in for Office 2007 testers [download here Update 10/19/2006 4:15pm PST: Reader Raven reports and we confirmed the download is no longer available.] :
Send a Smile is the best way to send feedback about Office 2007. Believe it or not, your feedback goes directly to us on the product team—directly to the people responsible for making decisions about the product in every area. In some cases, if you choose to give us your e-mail address (which is optional) we might contact you to follow-up and get more information.
Although normally I’m against programs running in my systray — too many try to take that liberty — utilities like this are smart.
A few things I’ve sent a smile or frown already about with Word 2007:
- word count displayed by default
- integrated blogging (smile)
- blog image HTTP / FTP instructions (frown)
- send a smile/frown keeps track of all the feedback you’ve sent, along with screenshot so you can refer to what you’ve sent in case the team wants more information.
Hat tip to Download Squad for the head’s up on this one.
[…] As a matter of personal protest to this move, I just uninstalled their smiley feedback system. They probably won’t care. I’ll just be another shrill voice on a blog. Nevermind the fact our company spends thousands on their software every year, a practice which I’m becoming less and less excited about doing. […]
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Have you noticed that microsoft took away the download of the Send a smile program? What’s up with that? Does anyone know?
Comment by Raven — October 19, 2006 @ 5:18 pm PST
Thanks for the head’s up on that, Raven. If you or any other readers find a replacement link, please let me know, I’ll update the post above.
Comment by TDavid — October 19, 2006 @ 6:14 pm PST