The trouble with personalization

Is personalised interface the best?...

""The good news for fans of usability worldwide is that an historical moment is upon us," Jensen Harris of Microsoft writes in his blog. "We have officially flipped the switch to turn off Personalized Menus by default for all apps in all future builds of Office 12."

Don't know what personalized menus are? When you select, for example, File, in the toolbar of Microsoft Word, with personalized menus you will only see an initial list of the most recent features you have used."   continued ...   (Via New Thinking)