Why I hate Office 2007

I realize that this will only set off a firestorm. But I think its time to r1ealize why people who hate Office 2007, hate Office 2007.
Office 2007 uses a completely new user interface. this interface, known as a ribbon, is designed to make it eaiser to find what you are looking for in simple tabs. Sadly many of the basic features are unfindable to many veterans of Office, and really any other traditional UIs.
My first experence with Office 2007, Not only would I have problems finding the features that I traditionaly enjoyed, (lists, alignments, tables, etc,) but I was even unable to find print, save, undo and redo. On one occation, I spent almost 45 minutes trying to undo an edit, only to reaze that it was on the very tip top in a 5x5 pixle button overshaddowed by the new "medalion".
Many of the features I want to use are hidden in the tabs. While the tabs are designed to be "intuitive" many are not even close. For example, If i wanted to insert a footer, In 2003 it would be Insert => Header. In 2007, the Header is not even close to the Insert tab but rather listed under Reference. Many things that one
would need in the "home" tab are spread out for in different tabs, while the Home tab is taken over by the wonderful, "styles" block. This will give you a choice of what preset style you want to use. If you dont like thoes styles, you can always change them. However, if your like me and like to customise everything, this makes setting up the styles much more difficult.
While most of my professors insist that you are not suppose to put spaces between paragraphs, in 2007 you have little choice. You can change this in the word options, (of which I also had a hard time finding btw) but this option is burried and obscure to most common users.
Now, most 2k7 lovers would start to argue, "Well why don't you just stick with 2003 if you hate it so bad." While that is an exelent idea at home, the office is a completely different story. If you are in an enviorment where you don't get to choose what version of office you want, your pretty much stuck. In my situation, I switch computers almost daily depending on what I am working on. Most of these machines have DeepFreese on them which will undo any changes you make to them. And because our school decided to make the leep, it would be impossible or improbable to get a ligit (or even an illigit) copy installed on a computer without issues. Open office would run into the same issues, having to downloade and install the program again and again. Even still, Open Office had a really bad spellcheck system, somting i rely on mor then anney-theng else inn a ofice programe.
Another agurement, (or argument rather) is to "Just get use to it." Sadly, I will, but that dosen't mean I'm willing to go quietly. In Windows 7, many of the programs are designed similar to Office 2007 including Paint. Some third party programs such as AutoCad or Photoshop also use similar setups. But here is the difference, the third party stuff actualy ARE intuitive. They also have a menus to be able to find what you are needing.
Some say "Well if you get a new car, you dont expect it to look like the old car?" But as one forum poster put it. "Even if I get a new car, I don't care if it looks like the old one or not. However, I do expect the Brakes, to be on the floor the Ignition switch to be next to the stearing column, and the steering wheel to be right in front of me."
While many people are swearing to the Office 2k7, consiter this, a recent survey conducted by average office workers, found that Excel 2007 actualy reduced productivity. Many complain that they are having to hunt for features that they normaly took for granted. Even Microsoft executives have been quoted had disliking the new setup
So how can Microsoft make Office 2007 better? One idea would be to allow customisations to the UI. Let us put what we what where we want it. It is, after all, our work enviorment. There are addons that would let you customize it, but many of these will cost money, We already paid for the program, why would we want to pay more for the ability to use it. There are many featurs that I would never ever ever ever use, so why is it taking center stage compared to the essentuals, like PRINT, or SAVE! Another option would be to let us revert to traditional UIs. Just a simple option that would let us do that. Most Windows versions can be reverted to look like Windows 95 if you wanted to.
But since we cant count of Microsoft to do anything but break things, There are a few options we can do. For example, we can use Shortcuts, or learn enough features to get us by. There is also a program called UBitMenu that will add a tab to Office 2007 called the Menu tab. This will give you the feel of Office 2007 without getting rid of the tabs for the minority of people who still embrace the new ribbon. Additionaly the program is small enough and requires minimal work to install and use. (link to it later)
So while I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that the "ribbon" layout is here to stay, I do think it can be drasticly improved. I think it is obvious the reasons people who hate 07. I do hope the miniority who cannot seem to grasp this, will finaly understand where we stand.

Firefox Connection Interupted

So I have been getting this really annoying error in Firefox recently. Like most Firefox Powerusers, It is not unusual to have several tabs open at once. However recently I have been getting an error that says "Connection Interrupted." I decided to search some forums to see what if there may be a fix. I did find some details as to what people are doing that I have in common with them.
1) they are using multiple tabs
2) they are using AVG Anti-virus
3) They are using Firefox 3
4) this is happening in XP, Vista and in my case Windows 7.
5) After a short while, the page can be reloaded.
6) Most users are using Wireless connections

The majority of these issues can be chalked up to coincidence as most people anymore use wireless connections, Some form of Windows, use multiple tabs, and are using the most recent version of Firefox. But the AVG is what really stands out for me; specifically AVG 8. Since no other AV is being mentioned, I may want to start there. I am going to experiment with this by installing a different AV for the time being. I will also check the AVG forums to see if there may be some conflict. Keep you posted.

Edit: I actually found a few sites that have pinpointed the problem to AVG's Active Link Scanner. They say that disabling this feature will resolve the problem. Lets find out. They also say that Firefox 2 as well as IE are experencing the same issues. Since I refuse to use IE unless desperate, then I had no Idea of this part.
Ill try this first. At least this will keep me from installing SAV. Here are some links to other forums.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20502964-AVG-8-link-scanner-causes-Firefox-to-crash

http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?locale=en-US&forumId=1&comments_parentId=36995

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/1029653.html

http://www.techsupportforum.com/networking-forum/networking-support/306403-solved-connection-interrupted.html

http://www.techsupportforum.com/alternative-computing/mozilla-firefox-browsers/269369-firefox-connection-interrupted.html