Screenshots of the new version of Microsoft Office are starting to appear:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/feat ... iceUI.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/imag ... ord_lg.jpg
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/imag ... PPT_lg.jpg
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/imag ... cel_lg.jpg
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/imag ... ess_lg.jpg
Probably the most notable change is the menus/toolbars (or lack thereof). I think it's too early to tell if this is a good user interface choice, since I don't have a version to play with, but if it does turn out to be a good idea can JIDE components currently be used to make something similar?
It looks like a tabbed pane with a dockable frame manager in each tab. Any thoughts?