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Are you kidding me? There better be an update to support the Retina Display MBP by the time Office for iPad comes out, otherwise I just might be switching over to iWork...

Support for Retina Display is probably one of the easiest things to implement. It simply requires you to create an image, double the size of the original non-retina image, and name it [email protected] (opposed to ImageName.png). So saying they won't be upgrading their software for Retina Display is ridiculous and makes them sound like lazy developers. This the exact reason why Apple is taking over IMO. They always take it a step further, and Microsoft has literally been letting Apple walk all over them lately.

Originally Posted by revblaze

Support for Retina Display is probably one of the easiest things to implement. It simply requires you to create an image, double the size of the original non-retina image, and name it [email protected] (opposed to ImageName.png). So saying they won't be upgrading their software for Retina Display is ridiculous and makes them sound like lazy developers. This the exact reason why Apple is taking over IMO. They always take it a step further, and Microsoft has literally been letting Apple walk all over them lately.

I couldn't agree with you more.

If you think its that simple, you're delusional.
Doubling an images size, effectively halves its quality, so the end result would look exactly the same as before. I don't know how Microsoft develops its software, so they may have to recreate every image in the software if the core files they have aren't up to the 220 dpi Retina standard.
In any case, Retina support will come, but I'm sure its not a simple a process for Microsoft than everyone thinks.

Originally Posted by revblaze

Support for Retina Display is probably one of the easiest things to implement. It simply requires you to create an image, double the size of the original non-retina image, and name it [email protected] (opposed to ImageName.png). So saying they won't be upgrading their software for Retina Display is ridiculous and makes them sound like lazy developers. This the exact reason why Apple is taking over IMO. They always take it a step further, and Microsoft has literally been letting Apple walk all over them lately.

Obviously you don't know anything about developing software. While yes a lot of the update for retina support would just involve higher res images for the GUI, but if you actually use the programs you'll see that typed text, menu items, and other non image items are also blurry. Not only do images need to be updated but i'm sure a lot of code needs to be modified and implemented to make this happen.

Vector is your friend, designers.

i guarantee microsoft has saved their graphics in a larger image when making it. they are a big company based on software they probably saved the file on a bigger resolution. also text is already supported for everything in retina becuase it uses some sort of the same software and auto keeps it in the high-resolution

Originally Posted by SAND33P

If you think its that simple, you're delusional.
Doubling an images size, effectively halves its quality, so the end result would look exactly the same as before. I don't know how Microsoft develops its software, so they may have to recreate every image in the software if the core files they have aren't up to the 220 dpi Retina standard.
In any case, Retina support will come, but I'm sure its not a simple a process for Microsoft than everyone thinks.

I'm not talking about doubling the size of their images for a blurry outcome. That would be a very stupid move, and not to mention very unprofessional. But a company as big as Microsoft would no doubt-ably be able to recreate any icons or images, if they don't already have access to it. Many big developer that work for big companies like Microsoft tend to have a higher-resolution version of each image already created for them so they can shrink it down for the right exact size.

Obviously you don't know anything about developing software. While yes a lot of the update for retina support would just involve higher res images for the GUI, but if you actually use the programs you'll see that typed text, menu items, and other non image items are also blurry. Not only do images need to be updated but i'm sure a lot of code needs to be modified and implemented to make this happen.

I'm not saying that it's an easy process to update everything for Retina display when it comes to big, bulky programs like Word, Excel or PowerPoint. What I am saying is that it should be more of a necessity for Microsoft. It wouldn't look very professional if they delivered a product without it. Also, you can't tell me that Microsoft is incapable of bringing Retina-support to their applications, because with all of their resources, they most certainly could bring Retina-support to their products. It may not be an easy process, but it would sure make their final product look nicer, and maybe a bit more professional.

I guess what I'm trying to say is I think that maybe it's a bit pathetic they don't bring Retina to their programs, when they have all the resources to do so.

Agreed they should have better source images somewhere, but i know little about coding, so im just going to guess here:
You cant just put a larger image in a smaller div can you? You'd need all sorts of exceptions and adaptations?

I reckon Microsofts own tablets are thier priority

Bah. Office doesnt let me update due to some interference with my hard drive. Smh. I have more then enough space too.

Once again MS wants to give us Mac users a sub par application compared to a native MS app..BOOOOO!

Originally Posted by bigboyz

Once again MS wants to give us Mac users a sub par application compared to a native MS app..BOOOOO!

Yup.

I wouldnt mind tasting some metro on my MBP

Later or sooner it will have the support