Help me re-find this design exercise

March 3, 2011 1:27 PM

Help me re-find this design exercise.

I remember once seeing a design exercise that asked you to redesign the way Microsoft Word allows users to create/edit tables. I don't remember if it was in a book, on the web, or what. Do you know where I can find it?

posted by dyobmit to Computers & Internet (5 answers total)

It wasn't this, was it?
posted by circular at 2:23 PM on March 3, 2011

It's part of the application to be an interaction designer for Cooper. Go here, click Interaction Designer, and it's on page 6 of the .pdf.
posted by daisyace at 6:34 AM on March 4, 2011

Response by poster: daisyace: That's basically it in spirit, except the one I saw was pre-ribbon. Thanks.
posted by dyobmit at 7:21 AM on March 4, 2011

Their job application used to have a pre-ribbon one, but they appear to have updated it. Maybe you could contact someone there and see if they could dig up the older one. Good luck!
posted by daisyace at 5:58 PM on March 4, 2011

One more thought - the founder of Cooper has written several books, and he and other staff members blog. Maybe the old version is somewhere in that writing.
posted by daisyace at 4:01 AM on March 6, 2011