Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!nic.stolaf.edu!uafhp!mamos From: mamos@uafhp.uark.edu (Mark _E_ Amos) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Procomm Plus 2.0 "features" Keywords: Procomm Plus 2.0 Message-ID: Date: 11 Feb 91 17:18:08 GMT References: Sender: news@acc.stolaf.edu Distribution: na Organization: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Lines: 30 While we're on the subject, I would like to know if I expect too much for the price, or is there a better comm program out there than Procomm Plus ? The "features" added to the new version listed previously are an irritation at most, but I use PC communications for "a living" etc., so minor inconveniences that keep popping up seem to balloon. I have tried many other comm programs in the past (Qmodem, Boyan, CrossTalk, ZCOMM(yuk), YAM, etc.) but have become quite disillusioned by the seeming idiocy of the programmers in some places. The new Procomm Plus 2.0 is a case in point, using key combinations for local commands. As a network user this makes NO SENSE! Did they write this thing strictly for BBS users? I think the only reason I am so upset about it is the new version is _so_close_ to being an ideal package - but really has some irritations. Am I asking too much? Before I get flamed, I'd better include the statement that we all seem to need to keep from getting flamed by some schmuck: I know these are things I can get around, but what I want to know is WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY MONEY TO GET AROUND A DESIGN FLAW?!? Anyway, for those of you who want to tell me to write my own d*mn software, don't bother - I'm already working on it. -- oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Mark _E_ Amos University of Arkansas Computer Science Engineering mamos@uafhp.uark.edu mea1@engr.uark.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Man's mind, when stretched to a new idea, never goes back to its original dimension." -Oliver Wendell Holmes oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo