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From: rotberg@dms.UUCP (Ed Rotberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: FullWrite vs. Nisus
Message-ID: <1152@dms.UUCP>
Date: 11 Sep 90 15:43:10 GMT
References: <26EC4D26.18071@ics.uci.edu>
Organization: Atari Games Inc., Milpitas, CA
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From article <26EC4D26.18071@ics.uci.edu>, by pazzani@ics.uci.edu (Michael Pazzani):
> I do like all the features it has, and I'll probably upgrade from 1.1
> to 2.0, but I wish it were more robust.  But the more I hear about
> Nisus, the more I like it.  If I do get up the energy to switch, it'll
> either be to that or Word (because eveyone else around here uses it.)
> 
> Has anyone used 2.0 long enough to find out if it stable or quicker?

Fullwrite 2.0 does not yet exist.  The recent "upgrade" was to version 1.5, and
costs $49.  WHile 1.5 has definitely seemed more stable to me (about 3 weeks
use now), it is certainly no faster.  The other stuff you get with v1.5,
besides the stability, is Tycho Table Maker, Word 4 Word format conversion
program (to convert FWP to & from Word, MacWrite, PageMaker...), and the
ability to position sidebars (fixed only) by dragging them around the page.

AT is very cagey about discussing ANYTHING about future versions, but after
2+ years without an update, at least we know they still have at least one guy
working on it.  The rumors are that 2.o will be significantly faster.  In the
meantime, I guess I'll just have to live with the speed (although the fx
does help!!)

	- Ed Rotberg -