Well, I think we've beat this one to death. It's been a hoot though, but Eric - don't take this all so seriously! We are fortunate that there still are plenty of CHOICES for everyones needs. The reason I've stuck with RBase is because it was so easy to use, but many of us are still moving up the chain to v7.0, even though the learning curve is a bit steeper. That doesn't take away the usefulness of earlier versions, though.... Signing off this thread, BC
"Eric Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 07/25/2003 02:43:42 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (RBASE-L Mailing List) cc: (bcc: Bob Castanaro/BCH) Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Off topic I can find the help topics for changing any of the margins in under 15 seconds, and that includes starting up Word. Maybe your mouseball is dirty? And once again, just because you can't use the software properly doesn't mean it's a human performance disaster. People had to be trained on using keystroke shortcuts just the same as they must be trained on navigating Microsoft's menus. Because your T-Rex (that's a dinosaur (indicating something is old, outdated, and needs to be recycled into fossil fuels)) arms aren't able to push the little pointy thing up to the menu, don't oppress my love of father Gates and his M-Dream Team. Futhermore, from a developers standpoint, the almighty and glorious Microsoft allows me to develop my own software with their components; thus making a piece of software that users are familiar with. Microsoft: more features, more easy, more better. All your RBase are belong to MS. Eric Peterson IT Manager QMI Security Solutions -----Original Message----- From: Bernie Corrigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 1:11 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Off topic Eric - You really don't seem to understand that there are wonderful features in some of the earlier word processors that Word simply doesn't have. Things that can be done very easily with those older programs take far longer and require much more effort if one is using Word. In addition you can see exactly what you are doing with the document infrastructure while using the older programs. With Word it's all smoke and mirrors and nothing stays on the screen such that it is usable in creating the document. In addition, the heavy reliance of Word on mouse use means that it takes somewhat longer to produce the same amount of complex document than in the older programs. This is because the user has to constantly take a hand off the keyboard and reach for a mouse to do things which were formerly handled with keypresses. Newer doesn't necessarily mean better or "more advanced". In the case of Word XP it means some aspects of the program are less advanced than programs which were available in 1990. Word XP can of course do a lot of new things which hadn't even been thought of then, like convert a document into HTML. When examined from a human performance perspective, Word is a disaster. The help isn't. Topics as simple as how to set the various margins are either non-existant or non-findable. Simple aids to document structure aren't there. If my software were that bad, I couldn't sell it to my clients. BTW I'm beginning to think you don't have the intellectual horsepower necessary to understand the prior paragraphs so this will be my last shot in this discussion. (Nothing personal intended - just an objective appraisal.) Bernie At 02:05 PM 7/24/2003 -0500, you wrote: >So, because you are a simpleton and unable to use advanced software; >Microsoft software sucks? Isn't it you who sucks? (nothing personal by >that statement) > > >Eric Peterson >IT Manager >QMI Security Solutions > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Bob Castanaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:56 PM >To: RBASE-L Mailing List >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Off topic > >C'mon, Mike - you've got to remember that you are a VB guru, miles ahead >of >many of us, and continents ahead of an average user. Some of us are >just >simpletons wanting to put out a decent document as easy as possible >without >a six month learning curve..... > >BC > >
