<OT_RANT> You go baby! My company makes computers for blind people and about 30 of our technical employees are blind (not me though, touch wood). For them, non-text anything is a total annoyance--HTML image maps, rendered text, etc., are anathema. But in truth, embedded HTML or inline MIME are good things. What's not good is when incorrect assumptions are made about the audience's desire for graphic content in a medium whose text conventions go back more than 30 years. </OT_RANT>
OK, now back to our regularly scheduled topic... After working with Protel 99SE SP6 for about 9 months (now working on my 8th board), I've concluded that it doesn't suck. Except of course when it does--my latest disappointment is flaky DDB sharing. It's not that it's so bad, it's that it doesn't do what they say it will. But the important stuff works well enough. Anyway.... To take advantage of the current 50% discount offered through Mar 31, my company just today issued a PO for 2 new seats and ATS/upgrade for our 2 existing seats. Therefore we are in line for Phoenix on all 4 seats. The decision to purchase more seats and upgrade was driven simply by an increased engineering head count. Besides, changing PCB packages with 4 engineers at the same time would seriously impact productivity and therefore schedules. And as everybody knows, schedule is king! Darryl Newberry Freedom Scientific 11800 31st Court N St Petersburg FL 33716 (727) 803-8000 tel (727) 803-8001 fax http://www.freedomscientific.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Graeme Zimmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 19:49 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Performance difference between 2 of the same > machines > > > Terry, > > > If you don't like funky fonts colours and sizes then maybe > you shouldn't > > read the HTML version of the email. > > How ? For many readers there is simply no option. > > [flame on] > > Newsgroups/Email is traditionally a text only medium. > > There are many people who are adversely affected by non-text postings. > Consider the visually challenged who use speech synthesisers > to read their > mail, > or people who dial in via poor phone lines or via long > distance (e.g. timed) > calls. > > There are even users who log in via HF radio when in remote > areas or while > at sea. > Imagine downloading HTML and other crap on a 300 baud radio link. > > The more that Text Email is polluted by HTML, the less useful > it will become > in the long run. > > Unfortunately most Windoze Mail Readers seem to default to a non-text > setting. > > [flame off] .................... Zim > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
