Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!bu.edu!nntp-read.bu.edu!robertl From: robertl@bucsf.bu.edu (Robert La Ferla) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Problems with the NeXT System (v1.0) Message-ID: Date: 19 Mar 90 05:53:09 GMT References: Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: Boston University Computer Science Department Lines: 34 In-reply-to: cb29+@andrew.cmu.edu's message of 18 Mar 90 22:48:07 GMT Good suggestions. Here's more concerning Digital Webster: FEATURE SUGGESTIONS 1. Add foreign language dictionaries/thesaurus for French, Spanish, Italian and German. This would open up a whole new use for the NeXT. Are you listening NeXT? 2. An online Encyclopedia with pictures! This should really be a separate OD available for a nominal price. 3. More pictures please! Digital Webster is a good resource for clip-art but it needs more pictures. For instance, I was looking for pictures of primates (man/monkey/chimpanzee/gorilla) for which there should be pictures for and was surprised that there were none to be found. 4. An online Atlas. 5. Webster has pronounciations for every word. How about a voice synthesis or digitized pronounciation for every word? Maybe all of these suggestions could be bundled in an Educational OD. BUGS/PROBLEMS 1. Most of the TIFF files in /NextLibrary/References for the Webster pictures are in (what seems to be) an old TIFF format. Icon has problems opening them but Digital Webster doesn't. __ / \ / __/_ /___/ __ /_ __ __ / INTERNET: robertl%bucsf@bu-it.bu.edu / \ '_' /_/ |_- / ' / BITNET: mete0pc@buacca.bu.edu