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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: GPS
Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 11:08:34 +0000 (UTC)
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On 4 May 2002 21:03:03 -0700, Zach Swanson wrote:

> I was just speaking to a friend of mine about this tonight. We
> concluded that its important for an application to "look pretty", as
> it gives the often uninformed end user a false sense of security about
> the program. I think it partly accounts for why MS software does so
> well; not only are the products useful but they "appear" to be
> "professionaL" with slick graphic interfaces. The visual presentation

Yes you assume that the nice interface mirrors the nice interior of the
program. Unfortunately it is not so in many cases. I like the
tkcvs program though I don't find the interface so slick as many of the
other cvs programs. But tkcvs has more/better features and less messy to
use. Now I'm looking into the cvs scripts for vim 6.x.

tkcvs:  URL => http://www.twobarleycorns.net/tkcvs.html
others: URL => http://freshmeat.net/search?q=cvs

> of a piece of software seems to go a long way toward deciding its
> longevity. I myself am victim to this... I still use MS Outlook rather
> than other not-so-buggy free equivelent email clients because I like
> the the layout and the look of its interface.

case OS is
   when Linux =>
      Try.Evolution 
         (URL => "http://www.ximian.com/products/ximian_evolution/");
   when Windows =>
      Try.Eudora;
         (URL => "http://www.eudora.com/");
   when others =>
      null;
end case;

;-)

Preben