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This is for the development of Microsoft products. What criteria do you base decisions of design changes to Office and Windows user interface? Use of focus groups, feedback from customers, or are these decisions made entirely by Microsoft beliefs on what the customer wants?

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"Change is a progress but progress may not necessarily change!

If you are looking for the next change of "I invented that" How about you fix something that needs fixing as the reduction of the boot and stop time.

Hey Joe,

The question you posted would be better suited in the MSDN Forums. I would recommend posting your query in the link below.

http://social.msdn.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/categories/

Hope this information helps.

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