Hi!
I guess MS do not like sidebar because it quickly make bored users that already know interface well and do not require tips. It also make user *remember* elements of interface that make them learn more quickly instead of spending time for looking to tips in sidebar because it is easy (it takes time even with sidebar).
>I still don't like the iconized/no text layout of the interface. The sidebar was way better. Holding the mouse over each icon waiting for a tooltip is a waste of time. :(
Vlad Grynchyshyn, Project Manager, MCP
vgryn@yahoo.comICQ #10709245
The professional level of programmer could be determined by level of stupidity of his/her bugs
It is not appropriate to say that question is "foolish". There could be only foolish answers. Everybody passed period of time when knows nothing about something.