Comments on: Icon IQ

By: Pooks

Pooks — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:16:11 +0000

The only problem is that the quiz is based on the 2006 beta release of the icon graphics, and there is no FrontPage 2007. Search on “What Happened to FrontPage” to get the official MS details located at the bottom of the page.

So give yourself an extra credit if you didn’t recognize the FrontPage icon from your installation…

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:27:15 +0000

I got an 83%, but I have been using Office 2007 for about 5 months now. I really dislike that microsoft replaces a lot of the words with icons in their drop down menu, and the fact that they moved some stuff. Very annoying. But once you do find the function you’re looking for it usually works.

By: ted

ted — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:31:54 +0000

100% – qw out of 12.
A third were from previous use, a third were intuitive, and a third were sheer guesswork.

By: just a guy

just a guy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:28:54 +0000

I got 75%, and have used / came into contact with *most* of these, but the icons I’m used to seeing look much different than these (well, some of them). So I had to make educated guesses on some of them. The three I got wrong I can’t recall seeing the icons for. (Groove, Project, and Front Page). Well, I saw front page before, but not this version, and it was like 8 years ago or something

By: aristan

aristan — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:27:03 +0000

I got 100%, but to be fair, I actually have used/came in contact with nearly ever application on the list. Despite that. I couldn’t remember exactly which was info path and which was groove.

I have no idea why Frontpage has an arrow for its icon. It looks far more like what excel should have. And Frontpage has been replaced by Expression anyway… and application suite with random colored ribbons as their icons. I’m not sure how I’m supposed to tell them apart if I’m color blind.

In OSX’s version of office, we just have Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Messenger, and Entourage. Every app is represented by the first letter in its name. Well, except for Excel, it has an X. Oh, and messenger has a little man with no lower half. Oh, and the whole suite is represented by an O that looks nothing like an O.

Other than that, it makes perfect sense.

By: Christophe

Christophe — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:23:45 +0000

67%. Reality check hurts.

By: kid_icarus

kid_icarus — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:27:56 +0000

67% bit bad for a non-microsoft using mac guy!

By: liltrix

liltrix — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:05:47 +0000

wow i totally failed this… someone needs to rethink the design!

By: sise

sise — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:36:23 +0000

67% or 8 out of 12….
fail!

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:26:35 +0000

I dont use any of these programs

The only ones I figured out were very obvious – Word, Note, Access, Groove and Excel

By: TP

TP — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:44:22 +0000

Got 61%. I suck.

By: Crunkfish

Crunkfish — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:40:38 +0000

In Microsoft’s defence, it’s not just their icons which are indecipherable. If I had a program called Visio or Groove I’d struggle to know what the fuck it’s supposed to do, let alone how to represent that with an icon.

By: Cori

Cori — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:48:18 +0000

What’s horrid is that I made the same score. And I’ve been using Office 07 since… before it was released. But I suppose I only use Word and PowerPoint frequently. What’s even worse than just the icons for the programs, the entire programs and menus and whantnot have been switched around. I’d be totally lost most of the time if I didn’t know so many keyboard commands.