Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!ogicse!unmvax!uokmax!rob From: rob@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Robert K Shull) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: DeltaGraph stinks (was Re: Cricket Graph Replacement) Message-ID: <1991May10.201456.13660@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> Date: 10 May 91 20:14:56 GMT References: <1991May9.190850.25384@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <5244.282a6b42@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Lines: 25 In article <5244.282a6b42@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> jahayes@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu writes: >But you've overlooked the most serious shortcoming of DeltaGraph: it's >a dog. We purchased it to do exactly what has been described here, and >it should have been called Beta-Graph, as far as we can tell. Constantly >quitting unexpectedly, out of memory, reverting to old data sets after >long hours of editing (grrrr....), only one data file can be open at a >time even under multifinder, odd behavior with colors (for example, axis What version of the software are you using? We've used DeltaGraph 1.5 on II's, IIx's, and IIsi's and have seen none of the problems you describe. No crashes, no (unexplainable) out of memory conditions, no problems with color. Things print just fine to our LaserWriters, DeskWriter, and PaintWriter. The only bug we've seen so far is that DG botches rotated text. Rotated text prints at 72 dpi regardless of the destination printer. Fix for this is to export as PICT and print in MacDraw II. And I agree, the inability to open more than one file is an extreme annoyance. As is the (apparent) inability to do multiple imports into the same page. BTW, we're running under 6.0.7 with a wide variety of INIT's. >Josh Hayes, Zoology, Miami of Ohio Robert -- Robert K. Shull rob@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu chinet!uokmax!rob