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From: bayes@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Scott Bayes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Drawing Programs: Recommendations Wanted
Message-ID: <11010008@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Jan 88 19:04:21 GMT
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>Canvas, Illustrator, Cricket Draw, MacDraw II, Freehand, Draw It Again Sam... 
>so many new products, so many changes, everything new or in new versions... 
>how's a person supposed to keep track?

MacUser has a couple of columns that seem to run regularly: What's M ss ng
(What's Missing), and another one that tries (succeeds?)  to specify the
most current rev of most major packages.  If I remember, What's M ss ng
is topically oriented, so you may have to shuffle through some back
issues in order to look at, say, Graphics packages.

>program.  In fact, it had better have more features than we think we need 
>today, because it's probably the only one we can buy for the forseeable 

Ain't that the sorry truth for most of us!!

>future.  (However, color is not necessary.)

>
>Therefore, if you have used any of the current crop of object-oriented 
>graphics programs, please drop me a line with your opinions.  Pointers to 
>comparison reviews of these products in recent magazines would also be 
>appreciated.

Try MacUser reviews.  Carry a LARGE grain of salt, as your mileage may
vary.  They also have a MiniFinder section near the end, 1 para reviews
of hundreds of packages.  The mouse-dropping ratings they use there may
be rather misleading.

>
>-- David D. Levine, Technical Writer, Intel (boo hiss) Corporation
>   ...{decvax,ihnp4,hplabs}!tektronix!ogcvax!inteloa!inteloe!davidl

Scott Bayes
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