Talk:Equation Editor

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From usage and numerous statements from Murray Sargent et al. it looks rather like the Office 2007 Math editing capabilities are no longer based on the legacy Equation Editor. Neither the old interface nor the old layout engine are present anymore. This does (in my opinion) strongly suggest that the old code isn't used here. --Joey 23:03, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

While it is true that the new Office 2007 math editing capabilities are not based on my company's Equation Editor or MathType, the "old" Equation Editor is still shipped with Office and is used to support equations in legacy documents, a preferred editing UI for some, and also because it works in many more apps than the new feature. For example, Equation Editor works in PowerPoint. Finally, Equation Editor is still shipped with Mac Office as it does not contain their new feature. PaulTopping (talk) 17:18, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

This page starts by defining Equation Editor as both the old equation editing feature in Office and the new one added in Office 2007. While the former is an application with the name Equation Editor and is named as such in Microsoft Office user documentation, the new feature is never called "Equation Editor" anywhere but here. This appears to be a thinly veiled attempt at promoting the new feature at the expense of the original and still current Equation Editor. In fact, Microsoft Office 2007 ships with both the old Equation Editor and the new feature so they both can't be given this name in all honesty. PaulTopping (talk) 17:26, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Every wikipedia article on softwares written by the company "design science" looks exactly like an advertisement. If the company is editing its own articles, it is sad. That, coupled with the tone of the articles is a violation of several wikipedia polities, like coi, advert, notability. Deego (talk) 17:46, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Deego, if you have specific objections to the language, we would like to correct them. PaulTopping (talk) 17:21, 2 May 2008 (UTC)